source file: mills3.txt Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 06:56:45 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Classification of Instruments From: Warren Burt On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Jerry Swan wrote: > Can anyone point me in the direction of a classification system suitable for > categorising musical instruments ( i.e. anything from an Accordian through > a Shakuhachi to a Zither )? Obviously, the subtle nuances of any > classification scheme depend on it's intended end use, but any scheme > sufficiently general as to encompass the diversity of classical european, > "world" and electronic instruments would be of interest. > > Thanks in advance, > > > Jerry Swan. Try the Sachs-Hornbostel System. Experimental Musical Instruments magazine publishes a wall chart with it on, but I'm sure there are other sources as well. More info on ExpMusInsts at http://www.thecombine.com/emi BTW the EMI wall chart has all sorts of info on it, like frequency, pitch and wavelength in 12 tone et, standard music wire gages, formulas for various resonant cavities, pitches of the harmonic series, overtone recipes for common vibrating forms, scale factors for various equal temperaments, etc, etc. Even though it's intended for builders of acoustic instruments, I find it essential on the wall of my computer music studio. Info at the above website. (unabashed plug!) Cheers, Warren SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: Eduardo Sabat Subject: Where is the 12 ? PostedDate: 09-10-97 02:39:34 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 09-10-97 02:39:07-09-10-97 02:39:08,09-10-97 01:37:40-09-10-97 01:37:40 DeliveredDate: 09-10-97 01:37:40 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125652B.00039057; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 02:38:55 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA11829; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 02:39:34 +0200 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 02:39:34 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA11825 Received: (qmail 25142 invoked from network); 8 Oct 1997 17:39:30 -0700 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Oct 1997 17:39:30 -0700 Message-Id: <199710090041.VAA28596@mail.adinet.com.uy> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu