List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 322.212.1

This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 322.212.1 under that system. These instruments are chromatic frame harps with strings in one plane.

3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).
32: Instruments in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument
322: Instrument whose strings are at right angles to the sound table, such that a line between the lower tips of the strings would point at the neck (harps)
322.2: Instrument has a pillar (frame harps)
322.21: Instrument has no tuning action
322.212: Instrument is chromatic
322.212.1: Instrument has strings in one plane

These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.

List

Instrument Tradition Hornbostel–Sachs classification Description
harp, triple[1][2][3]
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Wales 322.212.1 Harp with no blades or levers, with three rows of strings, the outer two tuned in a diatonic scale and the inner one tuned to the extra semitones of the chromatic scale

References

Notes

  1. Chorley, Henry Fothergill; Henry G. Hewlett (May 1, 1880). "The National Music of the World". The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular. Musical Times Publications Ltd. 21 (447): 240241. doi:10.2307/3357258. JSTOR 3357258.
  2. Marson, John (October 1970). "Reviews of Harp Music". The Musical Times. 111 (1532): 10291030. JSTOR 957286.
  3. "Triple Harp". Dolmetsch Online. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
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