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==Instruments== | ==Instruments== | ||
Some Sjowaazhéñ instruments are the lute (''ya'óok''), various spike fiddles such as the erhu (''shjhedgaáñt''), the lyre (''biliiwíd''), various end-blown flutes (''joweét'''), a large drum (''khoól'') and the woodblock (''ghonyéeñ''). String instruments usually are unfretted but marked at perfect fourths. | Some Sjowaazhéñ instruments are the lute (''ya'óok''), various spike fiddles such as the erhu (''shjhedgaáñt''), the lyre (''biliiwíd''), various end-blown flutes (''joweét'''), a large drum (''khoól'') and the woodblock (''ghonyéeñ''). String instruments usually are unfretted but marked at perfect fourths. | ||
==Social context== | |||
In traditional Sjowaazhéñ elite society, one was expected to able to play music and improvise. For example, courts would periodically have improvisation competitions. | |||
==Tuning== | ==Tuning== |
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