Roberts 'research shows that the songs of both Hualien and the Trobriand Islands often end in a repeated series of three emphasized notes, which alert the singers to the end of the song.
羅白華的研究顯示，花蓮及新幾內亞超布連島的歌，常在曲子最末，以一再重復強調三個音後作結束，告知歌者劃下句點。