 The Kutiyapi may or may not be accompanied by one of several types of flutes; the "palendag", "suling", "insi" or "tumpong".Singing is usually reserved for courtship purposes.Among the Maranao, pieces played by using "bagu" and "andung" scales (equivalents of the "binalig" and "dinaladay" scales used by the Maguindanao), and in contrast to Maguindanao pieces, the kutiyapi is also used as an accompanying instrument to "bayoka" or epic chants.