chordophone

class of musical instruments that makes sound by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points
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chordophone
Cornelis Saftleven · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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chordophone

Summary

chordophone is a family of musical instruments[1]. chordophone draws 150 Wikipedia views per month (family_of_musical_instruments category, ranking #19 of 55).[2]

Key Facts

  • chordophone's image is recorded as The Duet c1635 by Saftleven.jpg[3].
  • chordophone's instance of is recorded as family of musical instruments[4].
  • chordophone's subclass of is recorded as musical instrument[5].
  • chordophone's part of is recorded as Hornbostel–Sachs[6].
  • chordophone's part of is recorded as MIMO's classification of musical instruments[7].
  • chordophone's part of is recorded as Guizzi's classification of musical instruments[8].
  • chordophone's Commons category is recorded as Chordophones[9].
  • chordophone's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1601[10].
  • chordophone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011_f4[11].
  • chordophone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chordophones[12].
  • chordophone's Commons gallery is recorded as Chordophone[13].
  • chordophone's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX527361[14].
  • chordophone's described at URL is recorded as http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/140[15].
  • chordophone's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300041641[16].
  • chordophone's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 787[17].
  • chordophone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/chordophone[18].
  • chordophone's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chordophones'}[19].
  • chordophone's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Cordofoni'}[20].
  • chordophone's has characteristic is recorded as vibrating string[21].
  • chordophone's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 3[22].
  • chordophone's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00018754n[23].
  • chordophone's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as khordofoner[24].
  • chordophone's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3885816[25].
  • chordophone's Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID is recorded as chordofonai[26].
  • chordophone's KBpedia ID is recorded as Chordophone[27].

Why It Matters

chordophone draws 150 Wikipedia views per month (family_of_musical_instruments category, ranking #19 of 55).[2] chordophone has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] chordophone is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Spain open data portal. Retrieved . bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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