A 'membranophone' is an instrument with a membrane or skin, such as the drum. The sound is produced by the vibration of the membrane/skin. Membranophones are not stringed instruments. 'Membranophone' is the African term for instruments with membranes. 'Chordophones' is the African term for instruments with strings.
No, saxophones are aerophones.
Membranophones, generally speaking, are percussion instruments; their sound comes from the vibration of a membrane that is struck.
Aerophones are instruments whose sound is created by a column of air that vibrates inside the instrument. Most of the instruments we think of as band instruments (Flute, tuba, etc.) are aerophones, as are natural wind instruments like conch shells.
Interestingly, the kazoo is a membranophone. It uses an existing sound (the human voice) and modifies it by passing it over a vibrating membrane. Go figure.
Membranophone and aerophone are two of the classes of musical instruments on the Hornbostel-Sachs system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs
No, membranophones are drums (membrane).
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yes since all drums belong to a membranophone family
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yes since all drums belong to a membranophone family
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Yes it is.
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yes
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A membranophone is any instrument that is under the percussion category. It must be covered with a type of animal skin or artificial animal skin. This means that a membranophone must have skin on it. An idiophone is the same but made of metal or wood.
It is an aerophone
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