Hi,

you asked me about the 2-stringed lute from the Palawan, with a rectangular resonating body. It is used by the Pala'wan people in the southern part of the island, near Brooke's Point. It is either called kusiyapi or kudlongan.

The tuning of the two strings is something like A (drone string) and G# (open melody string). The first fret would be the octave a. Most important are the positions of the frets. Aside from the very first fret, which acts as a nut or bridge and which I therefore call "fret zero," there are eight frets: g# -- a -- bb -- d'# -- e' -- g'# -- a' -- b'b. Something like that...

However, I guess you will not be able to produce anything meaningful, if you have no idea how the music should sound like. Regarding the playing technique: the lute is strummed with the long-grown fingernail of the FOURTH finger...

Good luck!

i got a question, i got this 2 string instrument from palawan, its like got a skinny neck and a rectangular body, whats it called and hows it tuned?

Hello Sir!

My name is Regeene and I'm a student of the Int'l Academy of Film & Television based in Cebu, Philippines.
I stumbled upon your channel and saw that you're an indigenous (did i spell that right) music enthusiast.
I was just wondering if you happened to have any Badjao music recorded on track somewhere. I'm making a documentary about the Badjao tribe and I thought it would be interesting to include some of their traditional performances as during the shoot, the Badjaos I visited didn't have the necessary instruments.

Danke Ihnen und guter Tag!;-)