Answer: There are 5 categories/classifications of musical instruments according to Sachs Horn Bostel.
These include the following:
Electrophones, membranophones, idiphones, chordophones and electrophones.
Examples of each the above classifications are:
Chordophones: guitar and harp
Aerophones: Saxophone, flute and trumpet.
Membranophones: include vibration instruments like violin, guitar can as well fall in this category.
Electrophones: these include electronic organ
Idiphones: these may include bells, cymbals and xylophones.
Explanation:
Based on the sentence of the excerpt,
The main purpose of the final sentence from Thomas Paine's common sense would be :
To indicate that the American colonies can establish a better government thana monarchy
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