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The ''vī́ ṇā̀'' 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. | The ''vī́ ṇā̀'' 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 music is based mostly on slow improvisation against a drone. The drone in Shumian music was traditionally produced by repeatingly plucking the strings of a special lute-like instrument called the ''ḍhàu'' and consisted of either just the tonic, or the tonic and dominant. | |||
There is no native tradition of vocal music in the Shumian culture. | |||
===Famous composers=== | ===Famous composers=== | ||