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Musical saw
Hand saw used as a musical instrument
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Iron & Wine (1) · Sam Beam (1) · Singing Saw (1) · Hen's Teeth (1) · CBS Saturday Sessions (1) · Grammy nominee (1) · folk music (1) · I'm With Her (1)
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A musical saw, also called a singing saw, is a hand saw used as a musical instrument. Capable of continuous glissando (portamento), the sound creates an ethereal tone, very similar to the theremin. The musical saw is classified as a plaque friction idiophone with direct friction (132.1) under the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification and as a metal sheet played by friction (151) under the revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs classification by the MIMO Consortium.
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