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Traditional Sjowaázh music is monophonic. Like in many spheres of Sjowaázh life, there is a division between elite and folk music. The styles differ not only in the language used (elite music uses [[Sjowaázh|High Sjowaázh]] whereas folk music uses one of the vernacular Sjowaázh varieties), but also in instruments, scales and form. | Traditional Sjowaázh music is monophonic. Like in many spheres of Sjowaázh life, there is a division between elite and folk music. The styles differ not only in the language used (elite music uses [[Sjowaázh|High Sjowaázh]] whereas folk music uses one of the vernacular Sjowaázh varieties), but also in instruments, scales and form. | ||
==Elite music== | ==Elite music== | ||
===Instruments=== | ===Instruments=== | ||
Some instruments | Some Sjowaázh instruments are the lute (''ya'óog''), various spike fiddles such as the erhu (''shjhedgaáñd''), the lyre (''biliiwíd''), various end-blown flutes (''joweét'''), a reed instrument (<i>'awaloós</i>), a large drum (''khoól'') and the woodblock (''ghonyéeñ''). String instruments usually are unfretted but marked at perfect fourths. | ||
===Social context=== | ===Social context=== | ||