A chordophone is any musical instrument that makes sound when the strings vibrate or if the strings are stretched between two points. Examples are the violin and the guitar, so no, they are not percussion instruments.
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You actually answered your own question. Stringed instruments are considered to be part of the string family.
A Drum or Drums, are part of the Percussion family :)
These are the 5 categories of musical instruments as far as I know them. Membranophones- use a vibrating membrane to make a noise (ex. a conga drum) Idiophones- The actual instrument vibrates (ex. a xylophone or a bell) Aerophones- Moving air creates the sound (ex. a flute) Chordophones- Vibrating string makes sound (ex. a banjo) Electrophones- electronic production of a sound, coming out of a speaker (ex. keyboard)
Chimes are percussion instruments.
All can be considered as a percussion instrument but the Chordophone is not really a "Main" category in percussion. The two major category .
All can be considered as a percussion instrument but the Chordophone is not really a "Main" category in percussion. The two major category in percussion are Membranophones and Idiophones but there are chordophones that can be considered as a percussion instrument. An example of this is the piano. It produces sounds by its strings so its a chordophone but the strings are hit by little hammer so that they would vibrate and produce sound.
ChordophoneMain article: ChordophoneSee also: Category:String instruments Most instruments known as "chordophones" are defined as string instruments, but some such as these examples are percussion instruments also.Hammered dulcimer, CimbalomPianoOnavilluHarpsichord
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Membranophones Chordophones Idiophones Percussion
You actually answered your own question. Stringed instruments are considered to be part of the string family.
Pianos can be classified as either a stringed or percussion instrument... Quoth the wikipedia... "It is sometimes classified as both a percussion and a stringed instrument. According to the Hornbostel-Sachs method of music classification, it is grouped with Chordophones."
Yes.
A Drum or Drums, are part of the Percussion family :)
These are the 5 categories of musical instruments as far as I know them. Membranophones- use a vibrating membrane to make a noise (ex. a conga drum) Idiophones- The actual instrument vibrates (ex. a xylophone or a bell) Aerophones- Moving air creates the sound (ex. a flute) Chordophones- Vibrating string makes sound (ex. a banjo) Electrophones- electronic production of a sound, coming out of a speaker (ex. keyboard)
Chimes are percussion instruments.
One word for stringed intruments is chordophones.