Jew's harps, tube zithers, ring flutes, buzzers, xylophones, two-stringed lutes, and various types of gongs with boss (knobbed centre) are some of the most typical instruments of Southeast Asi
All melodic instruments in traditional East Asian music, as well as most other non-Western traditions, play the same basic tune. No one uses chords to fill in the texture. If harmonic texture is used, it is for the purpose of adding color rather than creating tension or release through chord development. In conclusion, the element used are the same.
