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 ."
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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 )