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Both polyphonic and solo music follow the notes of the ''tsăren''. Solo music was very often unwritten and much of it was purely improvised, unlike polyphonic music. 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. ''~~tsăren~~''s no longer had to consist of overtone series scales; people were experimenting with much weirder combinations of notes.

In the Romantic era, formerly improvised pieces were written down, forming a new canon, and simultaneous improvisation was introduced. ''Tsăren''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 mountain dulcimers, tubulongs, marimbas of various kinds, guitars, reed organs of various kinds, pipe organs, zithers, and steelpans. 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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 Both polyphonic and solo music follow the notes of the ''tsăren''. Solo music was very often unwritten and much of it was purely improvised, unlike polyphonic music. 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. ''tsăren''s no longer had to consist of overtone series scales; people were experimenting with much weirder combinations of notes.
+In the Romantic era, formerly improvised pieces were written down, forming a new canon, and simultaneous improvisation was introduced. ''Tsăren''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 mountain dulcimers, tubulongs, marimbas of various kinds, guitars, reed organs of various kinds, pipe organs, zithers, and steelpans. 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.