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The Shalians use the aġġiakkātą, borrowed from the Nurians. | The Shalians use the aġġiakkātą, borrowed from the Nurians. | ||
The most distinctive and well-known style of Modern Shalian music is heavily syncopated rhythmic choral music, | The most distinctive and well-known style of Modern Shalian music is heavily syncopated rhythmic choral music. | ||
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Shalian music is dominated by vocal music. The Shalians do not play instruments at all except for some percussion, and even those can often be substituted by vocalizing clicks and beatbox sounds. | |||
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Shalian music is based on the pentatonic scale, although intonational pitch bends are used like in barbershop quartet music. | Shalian music is based on the pentatonic scale, although intonational pitch bends are used like in barbershop quartet music. | ||