In some parts of the country, such as the North-East it is the most popular melodic instrument.
More focused on the instruments and music of the Bayaka, beautiful and melodic.
Beyond these whistles, the Kwakwaka'wakw do not have a melodic instrument as a part of their ensemble.
He provides the hard hitting southern beats and fuses them with melodic instruments.
During this time, his musical orientation changed from melodic instruments to percussion.
It is strict three-part writing (each hand only plays one note at a time, as if for a melodic instrument).
He also had percussionists play lines that were traditionally for melodic instruments, and vice versa.
It has enjoyed a privileged position as the main melodic instrument in several different regions of the country.
You don't think of the harpsichord as a melodic instrument.
"I wanted this to be a melodic instrument that could play solos and the tune," he said.
