Which instruments are playing the melody? What is accompanying the melody? How is the melody being presented?

What will be an ideal response?


• The suona or double-reed wind instrument (similar to the Western oboe)
• Various percussion instruments (See author's field notes describing the percussion instruments.)
• The melody ("Seven-inch Lotus) is presented through four renditions.

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