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MEMBRANOPHONES [1 record]

Record 1 1978-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
  • Musicology
CONT

(...) percussion instruments are divided into (I) idiophones (...) and membranohhones, producing sound from a stretched skin (drums).

OBS

Always used in the plural form to designate the group of instruments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Musicologie
DEF

(...) instruments dans lesquels le son est produit par la vibration d'une membrane tendue.

OBS

Terme toujours utilisé au pluriel pour désigner l'ensemble des instruments.

Spanish

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