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Classical-era choral Wiobian music is polyphonic and typically uses notes of the ''Zrehnt'' as fundamentals. Solo music, on the other hand, was very often unwritten and much of it was purely improvised. Solo pieces lacked a ground bass which allowed improvisers the freedom to make highly microtonally inflected melodies, often using a few dozen tones per octave.

In the Romantic era, formerly improvised pieces were written down, forming a new canon, and simultaneous improvisation was introduced. ''Zrehnt''s no longer had to consist of overtone series scales; people were experimenting with ~~other~~ combinations

In the Romantic era, formerly improvised pieces were written down, forming a new canon, and simultaneous improvisation was introduced. ''Zrehnt''s no longer had to consist of overtone series scales; people were experimenting with much weirder combinations of notes.

Instruments typically used for harmony and polyphony, in addition to the voice, are tubulongs, marimbas of various kinds, guitars, reed organs of various kinds, pipe organs, zithers, and steelpans (introduced by the Rhythoed). These are typically tuned to either a 26 tone 7 limit scale, or a 34 tone 11 limit scale. Flexible pitch instruments are also used, such as the violin family (borrowed from Hlou music), the musical saw, and the Crychord.

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 Classical-era choral Wiobian music is polyphonic and typically uses notes of the ''Zrehnt'' as fundamentals. Solo music, on the other hand, was very often unwritten and much of it was purely improvised. Solo pieces lacked a ground bass which allowed improvisers the freedom to make highly microtonally inflected melodies, often using a few dozen tones per octave.
-In the Romantic era, formerly improvised pieces were written down, forming a new canon, and simultaneous improvisation was introduced. ''Zrehnt''s no longer had to consist of overtone series scales; people were experimenting with other combinations
+In the Romantic era, formerly improvised pieces were written down, forming a new canon, and simultaneous improvisation was introduced. ''Zrehnt''s no longer had to consist of overtone series scales; people were experimenting with much weirder combinations of notes.
 Instruments typically used for harmony and polyphony, in addition to the voice, are tubulongs, marimbas of various kinds, guitars, reed organs of various kinds, pipe organs, zithers, and steelpans (introduced by the Rhythoed). These are typically tuned to either a 26 tone 7 limit scale, or a 34 tone 11 limit scale. Flexible pitch instruments are also used, such as the violin family (borrowed from Hlou music), the musical saw, and the Crychord.