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Idiophones > Metal sheets > Metal sheet shaken and indirectly struck

Preferred term

154Metal sheet shaken and indirectly struck   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • The substance of the instrument itself, owing to its solidity and elasticity, vibrates and radiates sound. The instrument is made to vibrate by being shaken and indirectly struck. The vibrating material consists of a flexible sheet of metal. Flexatone. (en)

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Notation

  • 154

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6208

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