idiophone

Idiophones are instruments that create sound through vibrating themselves. They differ from chordophones and membranophones because the vibrating is not the result of strings or membranes.

idiophone, class of musical instruments in which a resonant solid material - such as wood, metal, or stone - vibrates to produce the initial sound. The eight basic types are concussion, friction, percussion, plucked, scraped, shaken, stamped, and stamping.

Examples are Jew's Harp, Thumb Piano, Music Box, etc. Rattle Idiophone: Sound is produced by shaking the vibrating object. Examples are Maracas, Pellet Bells, etc.

The word is from Ancient Greek, a combination of idio- ("own, personal" or "distinct") and -phone ("voice, sound").

Ideophones are not limited to onomatopoeia like meow and smack but cover a wide range of sensory domains, such as manner of motion (e.g., plisti plasta 'splish-splash' in Basque), texture (e.g., tsaklii 'rough' in Ewe), and psychological states (e.g., wakuwaku 'excited' in Japanese).

In the traditional Hornbostel-Sachs system of categorizing musical instruments, the piano is considered a type of chordophone. Similar to a lyre or a harp, it has strings stretched between two points. When the strings vibrate, they produce sound.

Ideophones are not limited to onomatopoeia like meow and smack but cover a wide range of sensory domains, such as manner of motion (e.g., plisti plasta 'splish-splash' in Basque), texture (e.g., tsaklii 'rough' in Ewe), and psychological states (e.g., wakuwaku 'excited' in Japanese).

Ideophones are not limited to onomatopoeia like meow and smack but cover a wide range of sensory domains, such as manner of motion (e.g., plisti plasta 'splish-splash' in Basque), texture (e.g., tsaklii 'rough' in Ewe), and psychological states (e.g., wakuwaku 'excited' in Japanese).

Idiophones include:

• Rattles.
• Cymbals.
• Bells.
• Xylophones.
• Steel drums (they do not have membranes, like other drums)
• Musical saws.
• Gongs.
• Washboards (yeee-ha!)

An idiophone is an instrument which produces sound purely through the vibrations of the instrument itself without the use of strings or wind. Bells and chimes are idiophones.

Introduction. Ideophones are words that vividly depict sensory experience with marked forms. They abound in many languages of the world, including Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, and Quechuan languages as well as Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and Basque.

Ideophones play an important role in both, linguistics and literature, as they enhance the meaning of what is trying to be expressed with incredible detail, expressiveness and rhythm. Vowel ablaut, consonant ablaut or reduplication are the main factors used to achieve this result.