This article is about the Philippine lute. For the Sundanese zither, see Kacapi.
A Maguindanao kutiyapi bearing okir motifs.
The kutiyapi, or kudyapi, is a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute. It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as that from the jackfruit tree.
Common to all kudyapi instruments, a constant drone is played with one string while the other, an octave above the drone, plays the melody with a kabit or rattan pluck (commonly made from plastic nowadays). This feature, which is also common to other related Southeast Asian "boat lutes", also known as "crocodile lutes", are native to the region.
It is the only stringed instrument among the Palawano people, and one of several among other groups such as the Maranao and Manobo.[citation needed]
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