How the aerophone makes its sound
In the Hornbostel–Sachs system, which classifies instruments by how they produce sound, the aerophone belongs to the aerophones (wind instruments): sound comes from vibrating air.
Players shape its sound through technique and materials; the resonating body filters the raw vibration, boosting some harmonics and damping others.
From Wikipedia
An aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes (which are respectively chordophones and membranophones), and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound (or idiophones).
Aerophones or 'air instruments' include what are usually called 'wind instruments,' with the addition of a few instruments with a different acoustical principle called 'free aerophones.'
Other aerophones
Flute
Flutes (edge-blown)
Trumpet
Brass (lip-vibrated aerophones)
Accordion
Free reeds and interruptive aerophones
Saxophone
Single-reed instruments
Clarinet
Single-reed instruments
Pipe organ
Flutes (edge-blown)
Harmonica
Free reeds and interruptive aerophones
Trombone
Brass (lip-vibrated aerophones)
Frequently asked questions
What does an aerophone sound like?
As one of the aerophones, its sound comes from the way sound comes from vibrating air.
What type of instrument is the aerophone?
It is classified as aerophones (wind instruments) (Hornbostel–Sachs 4).
Sources & credits
- Wikidata Q659216 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Aerophone – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Image by Photo by Yasuhiko Sano, Nov 2005 – Public domain