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Sundatang
Plucked boat lute
- People
- Kadazandusun · Rungus
- Family
- Plucked boat lute
- Also called
- Gagayan · Sandatang
- Region
- Tambunan
- Material
- Jackfruit wood · Wire strings · Rattan
- Player
- To verify
- Maker
- To verify
- Capture
- Gaussian splat · Photogrammetry mesh
- Consent
- Not yet recorded
Recordings
No recordings are published for this instrument yet.
In context
A two-stringed lute carved from a single piece of wood into a shape closer to a boat than a guitar. It is tuned by ear against the voice it will accompany, so the same instrument is retuned between songs and between singers. Often played in pairs, one carrying the line and one answering it.
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Measured tuning
Intervals have not been measured off the recordings yet. Until they are, this instrument is not voiced in the sound machine — we will not substitute an equal-tempered guess.
Cite it
Cite it
[TO VERIFY WITH KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS] (performer). “Sundatang” — Plucked boat lute. Kadazandusun, Rungus community, Tambunan, Sabah, Malaysia. Rua Kita Sound Archive, Far Out Solutions. https://ruakita.my/archive/sundatang Accessed 2026-07-28.