# Tonal instrument
In NetHack, tonal instruments are instruments which can be used to play a particular melody, including the passtune if you know it.

Contents

1 List of tonal instruments
2 Description
3 Strategy
4 Messages
5 References

List of tonal instruments
The tonal instruments are:

wooden flute
magic flute
tooled horn
frost horn
fire horn
wooden harp
magic harp
bugle
Description
Applying a tonal instrument will prompt you if you want to improvise; pressing n will instead allow you to select a series of five notes from A-G to play. If you are stunned, confused, or hallucinating, you will improvise automatically with the tonal instrument.[1]

Strategy
Tonal instruments are the only ones that can be used to play and uncover the passtune.

Messages
You extract a strange sound from the 

<instrument>!
You successfully played a melody on a tonal instrument.
References

↑ src/music.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 700

</instrument>