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==Elite music== | ==Elite music== | ||
The Sjowaázh were highly influenced by the tetrachordal and heptatonic musical traditions of Hetom and Naquiz, but they made the style their own. | |||
In traditional Sjowaázh elite society, one was expected to able to play music and to improvise music and poetry. Courts would routinely hold improvisation competitions. | |||
===Instruments=== | ===Instruments=== | ||
Some instruments used in elite Sjowaázh music are the lute (''ya'óog''), various spike fiddles such as the erhu (''shjhedgaáñd''), the lyre (''biliiwíd''), various end-blown flutes (''joweét'''), a reed instrument (''ko'kósh''), a large drum (''khoól'') and the woodblock (''gho'éeñ''). String instruments usually are unfretted but marked at perfect fourths. | Some instruments used in elite Sjowaázh music are the lute (''ya'óog''), various spike fiddles such as the erhu (''shjhedgaáñd''), the lyre (''biliiwíd''), various end-blown flutes (''joweét'''), a reed instrument (''ko'kósh''), a large drum (''khoól'') and the woodblock (''gho'éeñ''). String instruments usually are unfretted but marked at perfect fourths. | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
===Tuning=== | ===Tuning=== |
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