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Membranophone vs Aerophone - What's the difference?

membranophone | aerophone |

As nouns the difference between membranophone and aerophone

is that membranophone is (music) any musical instrument that produces sound via the vibration of a stretched membrane while aerophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.

membranophone

English

Noun

(wikipedia membranophone) (en noun)
  • (music) Any musical instrument that produces sound via the vibration of a stretched membrane.

    • Related terms

    * membranophonic

    aerophone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.

    • See also

    * wind instrument