membranophone

mem·​bra·​no·​phone. memˈbrānəˌfōn. plural membranophones. : any of a class of musical instruments (such as a drum or kazoo) whose sound is generated by striking, rubbing, or singing into a stretched membrane compare aerophone, chordophone, electrophone, idiophone, lamellophone.

Meaning of membranophone in English any musical instrument in which sound is produced mainly by the vibration (= continuous quick movement) of a stretched membrane (= a very thin piece of skin or material): The drum is a membranophone.

Membranophones are instruments that make sound from the vibrations of stretched skins or membranes. Drums, tambourines, and some gongs are common examples of membranophones.

A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification.

Doumbeks, Djembes, Ashikos, Bongos, Congas and every skinned drum in the typical drum kit is an example of the family of Membranophones. A simple definition of a membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily via a vibrating stretched membrane.

membranophones, such as drums or kazoos, which produce sound by a vibrating membrane; chordophones, such as the piano or cello, which produce sound by vibrating strings; aerophones, such as the pipe organ or oboe, which produce sound by vibrating columns of air.

The Hornbostel-Sachs system divides membranophones into five categories: struck membranophones, plucked membranophones, friction membranophones, singing membranophones, and other membranophones.

In addition to drums, there is another kind of recording studio membranophone, called the singing membranophone, of which the best known type is the kazoo.

Idiophones are instruments whose own substance vibrates to produce sound (as opposed to the strings of a guitar or the air column of a flute); examples include bells, clappers, and rattles. Membranophones emit sound by the vibration of a stretched membrane; the prime examples are drums.

Four different instruments belong to the category of membranophones. Research indicates that the most frequently observed instrument was the double-skin barrel-drum, then the tambourine, the nakers and rarely the single-membrane bowl-shaped drum.

In addition to drums, there is another kind of recording studio membranophone, called the singing membranophone, of which the best known type is the kazoo. These instruments modify a sound produced by something else, commonly the human voice, by having a skin vibrate in sympathy with it.

Striking Gold With Membranophone Instruments

• Tamak.
• Kazoo.
• Timpani.
• Snare Drum.
• Bongos.
• Djembe.
• Bass Drum.
• Tom-Tom.