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Some Sjowaazheñ instruments are the lute (''yanook''), the erhu (''jyeñshañt''), the lyre (''biliiwid''), various end-blown flutes (''joweet' ''), the base drum (''khool'') and the woodblocks (''ghonyeeñ''). String instruments usually are unfretted but marked at perfect fourths. | Some Sjowaazheñ instruments are the lute (''yanook''), the erhu (''jyeñshañt''), the lyre (''biliiwid''), various end-blown flutes (''joweet' ''), the base drum (''khool'') and the woodblocks (''ghonyeeñ''). String instruments usually are unfretted but marked at perfect fourths. | ||
If present at all, accompaniment is sparse and consists of only one voice (in addition to percussion). | Sjowaazheñ music is mostly monophonic. If present at all, accompaniment is sparse and consists of only one voice (in addition to percussion). | ||
==Tuning== | ==Tuning== | ||
The Sjowaazheñ tradition takes a purely melodic, rather than harmonic, approach to tuning, unlike the Talman and Bjeheondian traditions. Sjowaazheñ scales are traditionally based around tetrachords or pentachords which divide the perfect fourth into three or four parts. Innovations over the years have led to finer divisions of the perfect fourth in more "sophisticated" music. The octave may be divided into two perfect fourths plus one whole tone. However, in monophonic music, the perfect fourths divided into n-chords may even be stacked on top of each other indefinitely, without regard to octave equivalence. | The Sjowaazheñ tradition takes a purely melodic, rather than harmonic, approach to tuning, unlike the Talman and Bjeheondian traditions. Sjowaazheñ scales are traditionally based around tetrachords or pentachords which divide the perfect fourth into three or four parts. Innovations over the years have led to finer divisions of the perfect fourth in more "sophisticated" music. The octave may be divided into two perfect fourths plus one whole tone. However, in monophonic music, the perfect fourths divided into n-chords may even be stacked on top of each other indefinitely, without regard to octave equivalence. | ||