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162The Paiwan live in the southern part of the island and number around 70 000. Intheir traditional singing they use two-part drone polyphony, and small-range melodies.Unlike Bunun, who uses drone on top of the multiphonic texture, the Paiwan use drone asthe lowest part. Secondal dissonances are also used in Paiwan polyphonic songs.The Rukai are close ethnically and geographically to Paiwan, and this is clear intheir singing style as well, although Paiwan polyphonic singing seems to retain moretraditional elements than Rukai polyphonic singing.The Saisiat are one of the smallest groups numbering fewer than 10 000 people inNorthwestern Taiwan. Their traditions are deeply influenced by the neighbouring Atayal,the most numerous and influential Taiwanese mountain people (see above). Regardingpolyphonic singing, according to available data, they did have a tradition of vocalpolyphony which was lost during the 20 th century: “…at one time there was singing inparallel fourths, but no-one sings in this way anymore” (Tsang-houei, 2002:525).The Tsou people are also very few (under 10 000). They live in the highmountains of the Central Ranges and are neighbors of the Bunun. Like the Bunun, theTsou are known for their harmonic polyphonic singing, although two-part singing isprevalent here (unlike the three-part singing of the Bunun people). Unlike any otherTaiwan peoples, who use only binary metres, the Tsou also use ternary metres (3/4 and6/8).