Idiophone is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Idiophone in a sentence
Idiophone meaning
Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).
Using Idiophone
- The main meaning on this page is: Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).
- In the example corpus, idiophone often appears in combinations such as: or idiophone.
Context around Idiophone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Idiophone
- In this selection, "idiophone" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plucked, friction and family stand out and add context to how "idiophone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a friction idiophone with direct and a plucked idiophone and likewise. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "idiophone" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with idiophone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It's as if the guitar is an African drum, or idiophone. (12 words)
The guitar is used the way that an African drum, or idiophone would be used. (15 words)
The mbira is usually classified as part of the lamellaphone family, and part of the idiophone family of musical instruments. (20 words)
The musical saw is classified as a friction idiophone with direct friction (131.22) under the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. (23 words)
The Jew's harp is neither Jewish nor a harp; it is a plucked idiophone and likewise not a stringed instrument. (21 words)
The mbira is usually classified as part of the lamellaphone family, and part of the idiophone family of musical instruments. (20 words)
Example sentences (5)
It's as if the guitar is an African drum, or idiophone.
The guitar is used the way that an African drum, or idiophone would be used.
The Jew's harp is neither Jewish nor a harp; it is a plucked idiophone and likewise not a stringed instrument.
The mbira is usually classified as part of the lamellaphone family, and part of the idiophone family of musical instruments.
The musical saw is classified as a friction idiophone with direct friction (131.22) under the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification.
Common combinations with idiophone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- or idiophone 2×