Nine-stringed musical instrument, lineal descendant of the zithra, tuned to the Chusuk scale and played by strumming. Favorite instrument of Imperial troubadours. Gurney Halleck is a master playing the baliset in the series. In David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Dune, a cosmetically altered Chapman Stick was used to portray the instrument. In the min...
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This stringed instrument is referenced often in Dune. Paul Atreides’ weapons teacher Gurney Halleck owns one and plays it while reciting poems. It contains nine strings and is tuned to the Chusuk scale. (Chusuk is a musical planet in the Known Universe.)
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