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Electronic musical instruments

LC control no.sh 85089002
LC classificationML1091.8 ML1093 History
MT724 Instruction
Topical headingElectronic musical instruments
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Variant(s)Electronic instruments (Music)
Electrophonic musical instruments
Musical instruments, Electronic
See alsoMusical instruments
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Found inNew Grove dict. of mus. online, Feb. 15, 2002: Electronic instruments (Instruments that incorporate electronic circuitry as an integral part of the sound-generating system; common usage: the generic term for all instruments in which vibrations are amplified and heard as sound through a loudspeaker, whether the sound generating system is electroacoustic or electronic)
New Harvard dict. of mus.: Electronic instrument (an instrument in which the tone is produced and/or modified by electronic means; two broad classes, instruments in which the sound is generated by mechanical systems and modified electronically, instruments in which the sound is generated and produced entirely by electronic means)