[[Fasciculus:Kazoo.jpg|thumb|Mirlitones,{{dubsig}} sicut ''kazoo''{{dubsig}} pictum, sunt egregia membranophonorum classis, sola classis quae in tympanis veris non consistit.]]
[[Fasciculus:USAFE Band timpanist.jpg|thumb|[[Tympanum]] quod [[Italice]] ''timpani'' appellatumappellatur est genus ''[[tympanym cortinae|tympani cortinae]].''{{dubsig}}<!--kettle drum-->]]
[[Fasciculus:Cuica ArM.jpg|thumb|[[Cuica]] est genus ''tympani triti.'']]
'''Membranophonum''' est quodlibet [[instrumentum musicum]] quo [[sonus]], praecipue per [[membrana]]m intentam vibrantem, fieri potest. Haec est secundumsecunda ex [[quattuor]] partibus principalibus instrumentorum classibus in <!--the original-->[[Hornbostel-SachsianoSachs]]iano [[classificatio instrumentorum musicorum|classificationisclassificatione instrumentorum musicorum]] schemate (vide [[Index membranophonorum numeris Hornbosteldescriptis.<!-Sachsianis-PLUS digestorum|IndicemIN membranophonorum numeris HornbostelEN:-Sachsianis]] digestorum).-> Paene omnia membranophona sunt [[tympanum|tympana]].<!-- Hornbostel-Sachs divides drums into three main types: struck drums, where the skin is hit with a stick, the hand, or something else; string drums, where a knotted string attached to the skin is pulled, passing its vibrations onto the skin; and friction drums, where some sort of rubbing motion causes the skin to vibrate (a common type has a stick passing through a hole in the skin which is pulled back and forth). PLUS IN EN:-->
==Vide etiam==
*[[Index membranophonorum numeris Hornbostel-Sachsianis digestorum]]<!--
