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The Hornbostel–Sachs system of musical instrument classification groups all instruments which make sound primarily by way of electrically driven oscillators. Though Sachs divided the category of electrophones into three distinct subcategories, specifying these three as :
51 = electrically actuated acoustic instruments ,
52 = electrically amplified acoustic instruments, and
53 = instruments in which make sound primarily by way of electrically driven oscillators,
In the present day only instruments belonging to this last subcategory are considered "electronic musical instruments ".
1. Idiophone (list )
11. Struck
111. Directly
111.1. Concussion
111.2. Percussion
112. Indirectly
112.1. Shaken/rattle
112.2. Scraped/rasp
12. Plucked
121. Frame
122. Comb
122.1. Lace (Mbira )
122.2. Cut out
13. Friction
131. Stick
132. Plaque
133. Vessel
14. Blown
2. Membran- ophone (list )
21. Struck
211. Directly
212. Shaken
22. Plucked 23. Friction
231. Stick
232. Cord
233. Hand
24. Singing
241. Free
242. Tube/vessel
3.Chordophone (list )
31. Simple / zither 32. Composite
4. Aerophone (list )
41. Free
411. Displacement
412. Interruptive
412.1. Idiophonic/reed
412.11. Concussive
412.12. Percussive
412.13. Free reed
412.14. Band/Ribbon
412.2. Non-idiophonic
412.21. Rotating
412.21. Whirling
413. Plosive
42. Non-free
5.Electrophone (list )