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**[https://www.liveabout.com/classification-of-musical-instruments-2456710 "Classification of Musical Instruments: the Sachs-Hornbostel System."]
**[https://www.liveabout.com/classification-of-musical-instruments-2456710 "Classification of Musical Instruments: the Sachs-Hornbostel System."]
*Elsea, ''UCSD Electronic Studios:'' [http://artsites.ucsc.edu/EMS/music/tech_background/TE-13/teces_13.html "A Look at Un-electronic Instruments."]
*Elsea, ''UCSD Electronic Studios:'' [http://artsites.ucsc.edu/EMS/music/tech_background/TE-13/teces_13.html "A Look at Un-electronic Instruments."]
*[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/ Wolfe, ''Music Acoustics'':]
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/strings.html Strings and Standing Waves]
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/flutes.v.clarinets.html Open vs. Closed Pipes]
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/pipes.html Pipes Harmonics]
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/brassacoustics.html Brass Instrument Acoustics]
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/bellplates.html Acoustics of Bell Plates]
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/voice.html Voice Acoustics, An Introduction]


==== '''Instructor References''' ====
===='''Instructor References'''====


* ''Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization:'' [https://www.isko.org/cyclo/hornbostel.htm "Hornsbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments."]
*Wolfe, ''Music Acoustics'':
* Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:List_of_musical_instruments_by_Hornbostel–Sachs_number|List of Musical Instruments by Hornsbostel-Sachs Number]]
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/basics.html Basics]
**[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/musFAQ.html Acoustics FAQ]
*''Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization:'' [https://www.isko.org/cyclo/hornbostel.htm "Hornsbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments."]
*Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:List_of_musical_instruments_by_Hornbostel–Sachs_number|List of Musical Instruments by Hornsbostel-Sachs Number]]


===='''Tools'''====
===='''Tools'''====

Revision as of 20:23, 29 July 2020

Objectives

  • Student will be able to categorize different instruments into families
  • Student will be able to surmise an unknown or hypothetical instrument's family based on sound or playing mechanism
  • Student will be familiar with how sound waves are propagated by different playing mechanisms

Resources

Readings

Instructor References

Tools

Class Activities

  • Listen to instrument recordings (common and non) and identify based on sound.
  • Compare sound of instrument timbres based on materials.
  • Discuss instrumental wave vibrations.
  • Observe instrument harmonics (on spectrogram/oscilloscope) based on type, material, playing mechanism.
  • Discussion of SH system: compare and contrast various instruments and discuss instruments with ambiguous/multiple categorizations (i.e. voice, loudspeakers).

Assignments

  • Instrument classification worksheet
  • Create-your-own instrument activity based on assigned material and SH system category

Notes