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The most common instruments in Tlu music are the lute (''ουδ'') and a bouzouki-like instrument called the ''ba yao'' (''βο ζουγ''). The ''ba yao'' has a set of strings stretched across the soundhole perpendicular to the fingerboard, used for playing melodies, as well as two or three strings that span the fingerboard, used as drone strings. | The most common instruments in Tlu music are the lute (''ουδ'') and a bouzouki-like instrument called the ''ba yao'' (''βο ζουγ''). The ''ba yao'' has a set of strings stretched across the soundhole perpendicular to the fingerboard, used for playing melodies, as well as two or three strings that span the fingerboard, used as drone strings. | ||
=== | ===Shum music=== | ||
[[ | [[Shum]] music has an interesting variation of the slide guitar, called a ''vi-na'' (Shum: ''vib nan''), which was invented [four?] centuries ago by the Tumhanian designer [???]. It's a roughly ten foot long instrument played vertically, and can be bowed or plucked. The modern ''vi-na'' is electrically amplified and very minimalistic and consists of one or two strings stretched across a long metal tube (as in the Gittler guitar). | ||
The '' | The ''vi-na'' can be played with a slide as well as in natural harmonics, which can be very high owing to the size of the instrument; some pieces use harmonics as high as the 32nd. | ||
====Shumian musical forms==== | ====Shumian musical forms==== | ||
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*Lou '''de la Croix''' - romantic Clooa composer | *Lou '''de la Croix''' - romantic Clooa composer | ||
*Trohn '''Scheib''' - modern Hlou composer | *Trohn '''Scheib''' - modern Hlou composer | ||
*Hob-Bes '''Kud''' - Shumian '' | *Hob-Bes '''Kud''' - Shumian ''vi-na'' player of Ku descent | ||
*Ttiid-Bes '''Kud''' - Shumian composer of Ku descent, Hob-Bes's brother | *Ttiid-Bes '''Kud''' - Shumian composer of Ku descent, Hob-Bes's brother | ||