 Sodinas indigenous to Madagascar are often found to have anywhere from three to six equidistant openings.Sodinas can be played solo or in a group of instruments, in which case it is accompanied by many flutes and a large drum.Ethnomusicology researches point the origins of the Sodina in Southeast Asia Islands (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines) where one can still find today its bamboo form, known in Malay as "suling".