Name: Date: Be an Ethnomusicologist

Be an Ethnomusicologist

Ethnomusicologists use the following categories to classify the different instruments found all around the world:

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  Aerophones- instruments in which sound is produced by a vibrating column of air (trumpet, flute, harmonica)
  
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  Chordophones- sound is produced by the vibration of strings (guitar, violin, zither, harp)
  
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  Idiophones- sound is produced from the vibration of the body of the instrument itself (wood block, clave, cymbals, bells)
  
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  Membranophones- sound is produced by the vibration of a stretched membrane (mainly drums)
  

www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrument.html

Fill in the chart below by deciding which of the instruments listed on the site belong in each category. Some may fall into more than one category. On the site, you can click on the name of each instrument. It will take you to a page about the instrument, and most have a sound file so that you can listen to what it sounds like. Accurate completion of this chart will add one (1) point to your project grade.

Aerophones	Chordophones	Idiophones	Membranophones

Name: _______________________________ Date: ___________

Visit the site www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrument.html

Choose one of the instruments listed on the page about which to type a short paragraph. You must include the following information in your paragraph:

1) instrument name

2) instrument category (aerophone, chordophone etc…)

3) what materials it is made of/how it is made

4) how it is played

5) date when it originated (in most cases giving the century in which it originated will suffice)

6) WHERE it originated (this may be multiple areas)

7) listen to the sound clip of the instrument on the site and describe, in your own words, what the instrument sounds like.