Editing Musical saw (section)

{{Short description|Hand saw used as a musical instrument}}
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{{Infobox instrument
| name           = Musical saw
| background     = other
| image          = Musical saw 2.jpg
| alt            = Someone on the street sitting on a bin playing a [[saw]] with a bow and with it between his legs.
| caption        = A busker playing the musical saw.
| names          = {{hlist|Saw|singing saw}}
| classification = Idiophone
| hornbostel_sachs = 132.1
| hornbostel_sachs_desc = [[Friction idiophone#Friction plaques (132)|Friction idiophone with individual plaque]]
| timbre         = Somewhat like the human voice
| related        = * [[Daxophone]]
* [[Nail violin]]
| sound sample   = [[File:Zaagfragment.ogg]]
}}
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mimo-international.com/documents/hornbostel%20sachs.pdf|title=Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref>