idiophone
nounUK /ˈɪdiəfəʊn/
US /ˈɪdioʊfoʊn/
An idiophone is a musical instrument that makes sound when you hit or shake its own body, like a drum or a bell.
The xylophone is an idiophone because you tap its wooden bars to make music.
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2. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification, any instrument whose sound comes from the material of the instrument itself vibrating, without a stretched membrane or string.
Bells, gongs, and maracas are all classified as idiophones.
3. A percussion instrument that is struck, scraped, or shaken rather than blown or bowed.
The triangle is a small idiophone often used in orchestras.
4. Any object used as a musical instrument by striking its own solid material.
A glass bottle tapped with a spoon acts as a simple idiophone.