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Musical saw
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 friction
idiophone
with direct friction (131.22) under the
Hornbostel-Sachs
system of
musical instrument classification
.
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