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    The document describes traditional musical instruments from Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. It provides details on percussion instruments like drums, gongs, and cymbals as well as stringed and woodwind instruments used in each country/region's classical and folk music ensembles. Key instruments mentioned include the skor thom and samphor drums of Cambodia, the hsaingwai ensemble of Myanmar containing gongs and drums, the gamelan orchestra of Malaysia incorporating bonang gongs and gender metallophones, and Thailand's ranat xylophone and khong wong gong circles.

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    The document describes traditional musical instruments from Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. It provides details on percussion instruments like drums, gongs, and cymbals as well as stringed and woodwind instruments used in each country/region's classical and folk music ensembles. Key instruments mentioned include the skor thom and samphor drums of Cambodia, the hsaingwai ensemble of Myanmar containing gongs and drums, the gamelan orchestra of Malaysia incorporating bonang gongs and gender metallophones, and Thailand's ranat xylophone and khong wong gong circles.

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    CAMBODIA

    1. PINPEAT – THE ORCHESTIA CONSIST APPROXIMATELY


    FOVE OR SIX INSTRUMENT MAINLY PERCUSSION.

    MEANING - musical instruments played by striking with


    the hand or with a handheld or pedal-operated stick or
    beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals,
    xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles.

    2. SKOR THORN – 2 BIG DRUMS

    MEANING - The Skor thom are Cambodian 2-headed


    barrel drums played with a pair of wooden drumsticks.
    They typically have skin heads made from oxen, cows
    or buffalos, and are played in pairs.

    3. SAMPHOR – DOUBLE HEADED DRUM

    MEANING - The samphor is a small 2-headed barrel


    drum indigenous to Cambodia.

    4. ONEAT – XYLOPHONES

    MEANING - CAMBODIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS


    ONEAT is a xylophone used in the Khmer classical
    music of Cambodia.
    5. KONUONG – GONG CIRCLES

    MEANING - The gongs are ordinarily placed in order of


    pitch, with the boss upward on cords held in a low
    wooden frame. The frames can be rectangular or latter
    circular and may have one or two rows of gongs.

    6. CHING – FINGER CYMBAL

    MEANING - a percussion instrument consisting of a pair


    of tiny cymbals that attach to a thumb and finger of each
    hand and are struck together especially in belly dancing.

    MYANMAR
    1. HSAINGWAI – IS MAID UP MAINLY OF DIFFERENT
    GONGS AND DRUMS

    MEANING - a traditional Burmese musical ensemble


    consisting largely of drums and gongs.

    2. HNE – A DOUBLE REED PIPE

    MEANING - The hne is a conical shawm of double reed used


    in the music of Myanmar.
    3. MOVING HSAI – LARGER BRONZE GONGS IN RECTANGULAR
    FRAME.

    MEANING - Maung hsaing- a gong chime made of larger


    bronze gongs in a rectangular frame.

    4. PATWAING – 21 DRUMS IN A CIRCLE

    MEANING - The pat waing or pat wang is a drum circle


    instrument used in the Burmese folk musical ensemble.

    5. KYI WAING – SMALL BRONZE GONGS IN CIRCULAR


    FRAME

    MEANING - The kyi waing is a high-pitched set of bronze


    gongs played with mallets and set in a gilded wooden
    circular frame similar to, but lower than that of the patt
    waing.

    6. SINGWA – BELL AND CLAPPERS

    MEANING - The strike may be made by an


    internal "clapper" or "uvula", an external
    hammer, or—in small bells—by a small
    loose sphere enclosed within the body of
    the bell (jingle bell).
    7. SAVING GAWK – B STRING ANGULAR AND SOFT SOUND

    MEANING - The saung, is an arched harp used in traditional


    Burmese music. The saung is regarded as a national musical
    instrument of Burma. The saung is unique in that it is a very
    ancient harp tradition and is said to be the only surviving
    harp in Asia.

    MALAYSIA
    1. GAME LAN – IT CONTAINS A VARIETY OF A INSTRUMENTS

    MEANING - Gamelan, the term for a traditional musical


    ensemble in Indonesia, typically refers to a percussion
    orchestra composed predominantly of tuned gongs of
    various types and metal-keyed instruments. The ensemble
    is conducted by a drummer, and often includes voice,
    bamboo flute, xylophone, and stringed instruments.

    2. BONANG – IT IS A COLLECTION
    OF SMALL GONGS PLACED
    HORIZONTALY ONTO STRINGS
    FRAME

    MEANING - The bonang is an Indonesian musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan. It is a
    collection of small gongs (sometimes called "kettles" or "pots") placed horizontally onto strings in a
    wooden frame (rancak), either one or two rows wide.
    3. GENDER – CONSIST OF 10,10,14 TURNED METAL BARS
    SUSPENDED OVER A TUNE RESONATOR BAMBOO
    ARMETAL

    MEANING - A gender is a type of metallophone used in


    Balinese and Javanese gamelan music. It consists of 10
    to 14 tuned metal bars suspended over a tuned
    resonator of bamboo or metal, which are tapped with
    a mallet made of wooden disks (Bali) or a padded
    wooden disk (Java).

    4. GONG – CIRCULAR METAL DISE WHICH IS HIT WITH A


    MALLET.

    MEANING - A gong is a percussion instrument


    originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs are a
    flat, circular metal disc that is typically struck with a
    mallet. They can be small or large in size, and tuned or
    can require tuning. One of Javanese and Balinese style
    gong for gamelan ensamble, hanging in an ornate
    frame.

    5. SLENTHEM – SET OF BRONZE KEYS

    MEANING - The slenthem is an Indonesian


    metallophone which makes up part of a Javanese
    gamelan orchestra. The slenthem is part of the gender
    family. It consists of a set of bronze keys comprising a
    single octave: there are six keys when playing the
    slendro scale and seven when playing the pelog.

    6. KENONG – KING OF GONG

    MEANING - The Kenong is a musical instrument of


    Indonesia used in the gamelan. It is a kind of gong
    and is placed on its side. It has the same length
    and width. Thus, it is similar to the bonang,
    kempyang, and ketuk, which are also cradled gongs. Kenongs are generally much larger than the
    aforementioned instruments.

    7. SARON – IT NORMALLY HAS SEVEN BRONZE BAR PLACED ON TOP OF A RESONATING FRAME

    MEANING - The saron is a musical


    instrument of Indonesia, which is used in
    the gamelan. It normally has seven bronze
    bars placed on top of a resonating frame. It
    is usually about 20 cm high, and is played
    on the floor by a seated performer.

    THAILAND
    1. RANT –21 WOODEN BARS SUSPENDED BY CORDS
    OVER A BEAT

    MEANING - The ranat is a Thai traditional


    xylophone that consists of 21 or 22 wooden bars
    suspended by cords over a boat-shaped resonator.
    It is typically made from rosewood or bamboo and
    is played with mallets. This traditional percussion
    instrument is often used in the traditional thai
    music ensembles known as “piphat”.
    2. THONG WONG LEK – GONG CIRCLES 18 , TURNED BASSED GONG

    MEANING - The khong wong lek is a gong circle used in Thai classical music. It has 18 tuned
    bossed gongs, and is smaller and higher in pitch than the khong wong yai.

    3. THAPON BAREL – SHAPE WITH 2 HEADS

    MEANING - The taphon is a traditional drum of


    Thailand. It is barrel-shaped with two heads, and
    is played by the hands and fingers of both hands,
    much like the more popular congas.

    4. CHING – SMALL BAW SHAPED FINGER CYMBAL

    MEANING - Ching are finger cymbals played in


    Cambodian and Thai theater and dance
    ensembles.

    5. THON – small goblet drum

    MEANING - The Thon are hand drums played in Thai


    classical music. Thon, a goblet drum with a ceramic or
    wooden body. It is used usually in the khruang sai
    ensemble.
    6. SOW CHANG – 2 STRINGED INSTRUMENT

    MEANING - The saw duang is a two-stringed instrument used


    in traditional Thai music. The sound is produced by the bow
    made from horsetail hair which goes between the strings
    made from silk. The bow has to be tilted to switch from one
    string to another.

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