Music

• Cambodian court music is roughly similar to the music of __, __?

  Java, Indonesia
• What are the two ensembles in Cambodia?

  Pinpeat and mohory
• What is pinpeat?


  Stringed and percussion instruments used to accompany dances, in praying, etc.
• What are the instruments in the pinpeat ensemble?

  ~ Roneath (xylophone)

  ~ Kong (gong circles)

  ~ Skor Thom (very big drum)

  ~ Sampho (big drum)

  ~ Sro Lai (big recorder)

  ~ Chhoeng (finger cymbals)
• What is the mohory?

  Stringed instruments that can be used to accompany dance, theatre, wedding, etc.
• What are the instruments used in mohory?

  ~ Khoem (35 horizontal strings)

  ~ Ta Khe (3 horizontal strings)

  ~ Tro (vertical strings)

  ~ Skor Dai (small drum)

  ~ Khloy (recorder)

  ~ Chhoeng
• What is the orchestra in Indonesia?

  Gamelan
• The gamelan orchestra is composed of __ - __ instruments which accompany shadow puppet plays and other major events?

  50 - 80
• What are the instruments of the Gamelan orchestra?

  ~ Saron (seven bronze keys)

  ~ Gender (bamboo resonators)

  ~ Slentem (Gender with lesser keys)

  ~ Bongangs (small bronze kettles)

  ~ Gambang (xylophone with hardwood bars)

  ~ Suling (bamboo flute)

  ~ Rehab (two-string fiddle)

  ~ Siter or Celempung (zithers that has 26 strings)

  ~ Kenong, Ketuk, and Kempul (gongs)

  ~ Kendnag (drums beaten by hand)

  ~ Bedug (drum struck with a stick)
• What are the two categories of musical instruments in Myanmar?

  Anyeint (concerts) and Hsaing-Waing (orchestra)
• What are the instruments of Hsaing-Waing?

  ~ Hne (double-reed pipe)

  ~ Chauk Lon Pat (set of 8 tuned drums)

  ~ Maung Hsaing (larger bronze gongs in a rectangular frame)

  ~ Pat Waing (set of 21 drums in a circle)

  ~ Kyi Waing (small bronze gongs in a circular frame)
• What are the categories of music in Malaysia?

  Classic & folk (pre-colonial) and Syncretic (influenced)
• What are the different musical ensembles in Malaysia?

  Agung and kulintang, kertok, dikir barat, silat melayu
• What are the two styles of Thai music?

  Lukthung (daily trials and tribulations) and Mor lam (dominant folk music)
• What are the three musical ensembles of Thailand?

  Piphat (performed with a hard and padded mallet and used in shadow puppetry), Khrueangsai (stick-puppets), and Mahori (traditionally played by court women)
• What are the instruments of Piphat?

  ~ Khongwong (gong circles)

  ~ Renat (Thai xylophones)

  ~ Klong (drums)

  ~ Klui (recorder)

  ~ Diddley Bow (large single-stringed instrument that sounds like bass)

  ~ Kaen (reed mouth organ)

  ~ Picnai (oboe-like instrument)
• What are the instruments of Khrueangsai?

  ~ Saw Duang (high pitched two-stringed bow lute)

  ~ Saw U (lower-pitched bow lute)

  ~ Jakhe (three-stringed plucked zither)

  ~ Khlui (vertical flipple flute)

  ~ Goblet Drum (Thon-rammana)

  ~ Small hammered Chinese Dulcimer
• Where did the term Lao come from?

  Penglaodeum
• What are the two categories of Laos music?

  Sep Nyai (percussion, similar to the Piphat) and Sep Noi (uses Khene or mouth organ, similar to the Mahori)
• Vietnamese music were mostly influenced by the __?

  Chinese
• What are the three major categories of Vietnam in music?

  Imperial court (honoring Gods), folk music (theaters, streets, ceremonies), and religious and ceremonial music (rituals or funerals)
• What are the three main styles of music in Vietnam?

  Hue style (accompanied by moon lute, drum, tongs, cymbals, flute), northern professional style (lute), and southern amateur style (violins and Hawaiian guitars)
• Why was Singapore's culture and population heavily influenced by western dway of life?

  Because of the colonization of the British.
• What are the two types of orchestras in Singapore?

  Singapore symphony orchestra (western) and Singapore Chinese orchestra (Malay and Indian)
• What are the traditional instruments of Singapore?

  Kulintang, kompang, angklung, and gamelan instruments