Editing Musical instrument classification (section)

===African===

====West African====
In West Africa, tribes such as the [[Dan people|Dan]], [[Gio people|Gio]], Kpelle, [[Hausa people|Hausa]], [[Akan people|Akan]], and [[Dogon people|Dogon]], use a human-centered system. It derives from 4 myth-based parameters: the musical instrument's nonhuman owner (spirit, mask, sorcerer, or animal), the mode of transmission to the human realm (by gift, exchange, contract, or removal), the making of the instrument by a human (according to instructions from a nonhuman, for instance), and the first human owner. Most instruments are said to have a nonhuman origin, but some are believed invented by humans, e.g., the xylophone and the lamellophone.<ref name="Kartomi1990" />

The [[Kpelle people|Kpelle]] of West Africa distinguish the struck (''yàle''), including both beaten and plucked, and the blown (''fêe'').<ref name="Kartomi1990"/><ref>[[Ruth Stone]], "Let the Inside Be Sweet: the interpretation of music among the Kpelle of Liberia", 1982, Indiana U. Press</ref> The ''yàle'' group is subdivided into five categories: instruments possessing lamellas (the sanzas); those possessing strings; those possessing a membrane (various drums); hollow wooden, iron, or bottle containers; and various rattles and bells. The [[Hausa people|Hausa]], also of West Africa, classify drummers into those who beat drums and those who beat (pluck) strings (the other four player classes are blowers, singers, acclaimers, and talkers),<ref>Ames and King. Glossary of Hausa Music and its Social Contexts, 1971, Northwestern U. Press.</ref>