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Baliset
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| Name: Baliset |
| Object Type: Musical Instrument |
| Found: Across the Known Universe, mostly created on Chusuk. |
| Function: Entertainment |
| Affiliation: Used by many minstrels, poets and singers, notably Gurney Halleck. |
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"Nine-stringed musical instrument, lineal descendant of the zithra, tuned to the Chusuk scale and played by strumming. Favorite instrument of Imperial troubadours."
Summarising Information
A musical instrument prized across the universe for its calming dulcet tones, the baliset was a plucking instrument, with nine strings. Mostly made with |
| Gurney Halleck with his signature baliset. |
Out of-Universe Information
In the Lynch film in 1984, the Baliset was depicted using a real, albeit exotic, musical instrument called a "Chapman Stick". The instrument is half guitar and half bass guitar and played like a keyboard by tapping on the fingerboard. In the movie, a rounded body was added which rotated while being played in the unabridged version of the film.
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In the Lynch film in 84, the Baliset was depicted using a real, albeit exotic, musical instrument called a "Chapman Stick". The instrument is half guitar and half bass guitar and played like a keyboard by tapping on the fingerboard. In the movie, a rounded body was added which rotated while being played in the unabridged version of the film.
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