Hornbostel–Sachs

Hornbostel–Sachs taxonomy

Musical instruments classified by how they produce sound — from the five abstract families down through ever more particular subclasses.

1Idiophones6 subcategories2Membranophones4 subcategories3Chordophones3 subcategories4Aerophones3 subcategories5Electrophones6 subcategories
51Electro-acoustic instruments and devices5 subcategories52Electromechanical instruments and devices5 subcategories53Analogue electronic instruments, modules and components3 subcategories54Digital instruments, modules and components7 subcategories55Hybrid analogue/digital configurations56Software
531Analogue synthesizers and other electronic instruments2 subcategories532Voltage control sources2 subcategories533Other analogue modules or configurations3 subcategories
531.1Analogue instruments with valve/vacuum-tube circuitry531.2Analogue instruments with solid-state circuitry3 subcategories
531.21Solid-state instruments using additive synthesis531.22Solid-state instruments using subtractive synthesis2 subcategories531.23Instruments using hybrid subtractive and additive synthesis
531.221Modular subtractive analogue synthesizers531.222Preset subtractive analogue synthesizers2 subcategories
531.222.1Preset monophonic subtractive analogue synthesizers531.222.2Preset polyphonic subtractive analogue synthesizers

Preset subtractive analogue synthesizers (531.222)