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A popular instrument in Hlou and Ku music is the ''blad'' which is a curled up banana leaf that when blown, produces a shrill, high pitched sound. Different pitches can be produced by pulling on the ''blad''. | A popular instrument in Hlou and Ku music is the ''blad'' which is a curled up banana leaf that when blown, produces a shrill, high pitched sound. Different pitches can be produced by pulling on the ''blad''. | ||
Other commonly used instruments are the jaw harp (''Schön Heid''), the bowed psaltery (''Trlaub''), | Other commonly used instruments are the jaw harp (''Schön Heid''), the bowed psaltery (''Trlaub''), rebecs (''Ntzein'') and violins in various sizes, and various kinds of prepared piano and guitar. | ||
===Tuning=== | |||
Hlou musicians don't confine themselves to fixed tuning systems, except on fixed pitch instruments, which are typically tuned to JI scales. | |||
==Wiobian music== | ==Wiobian music== | ||