Membranophone

class of musical instruments which produce sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane
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Membranophone

Summary

Membranophone is a family of musical instruments[1]. Membranophone draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (family_of_musical_instruments category, ranking #24 of 55).[2]

Key Facts

  • Membranophone's image is recorded as Civic Orchestra of Chicago Timpani.jpg[3].
  • Membranophone's instance of is recorded as family of musical instruments[4].
  • Membranophone's GND ID is recorded as 4138596-2[5].
  • Membranophone's subclass of is recorded as musical instrument[6].
  • Membranophone's part of is recorded as Hornbostel–Sachs[7].
  • Membranophone's part of is recorded as Guizzi's classification of musical instruments[8].
  • Membranophone's part of is recorded as MIMO's classification of musical instruments[9].
  • Membranophone's Commons category is recorded as Membranophones[10].
  • Membranophone's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1742[11].
  • Membranophone's has part is recorded as membrane[12].
  • Membranophone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011_dp[13].
  • Membranophone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Membranophones[14].
  • Membranophone's Commons gallery is recorded as Membranophone[15].
  • Membranophone's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300041661[16].
  • Membranophone's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 786.9[17].
  • Membranophone's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 401096[18].
  • Membranophone's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 3bccb7eb-cbca-42cd-b0ac-a5e959df7221[19].
  • Membranophone's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • Membranophone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/membranophone[21].
  • Membranophone's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Membranophones'}[22].
  • Membranophone's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Membranofoni'}[23].
  • Membranophone's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 2[24].
  • Membranophone's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00028891n[25].
  • Membranophone's exact match is recorded as http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/94[26].
  • Membranophone's Quora topic ID is recorded as Membranophones[27].

Why It Matters

Membranophone draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (family_of_musical_instruments category, ranking #24 of 55).[2] Membranophone has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Membranophone is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 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] . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Quora. 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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