5. Cambodia
Cambodia is one of the most
beautiful countries in Southeast
Asia. It is the center of Khmer
kingdom Of Angkor, a great empire
that dominated Southeast Asia for
600 dramatic political problems in
Cambodia. Cambodia has an Ancient
heritage of court music and dances.
The dances are traditionally
performed by women and
accompanied by the Pinpeat
orchestra consisting of the Sralai
Thom(a type of oboe) gongs,
xylophones, drums, and singers.
6. Musical Characteristics
It is more on religious dancing.
Some dances are accompanied
by PINPEAT orchestra.
It depicts stories and ancient
myths.
Cambodia art music is highly
influenced by ancient forms as
well as Hindu forms.
7. Pinpeat Orchestra
The Pinpeat is musical
ensemble or orchestra that
usually accompanies
ceremonial music of the royal
courts and temples. This group
usually has nine or ten
instruments their music is
always part of their court
dances, masked, plays,
shadows plays and religious
ceremonies.
9. Instruments used in Cambodia
Oneat
The Oneat is a
percussion instrument that
is tuned to pitch and is quite
similar to xylophone. It is
built in the shape of a
carved rectangular boat.
11. SAMPHOR
The samphor is used to lead the
orchestra . It is barrel-shaped
and is always held horizontally. It
has two heads, with slightly
larger than the other. Is played
using the palm of the hands.
13. KONGVONG
The kongvong has both large and
small versions of the instrument.
The circular frame of the Kong is
made of bamboo and the round
gongs are hung horizontally by
cane strings across two bamboo
frames on the upper of the
structures. The pitch varies
according to the size the gongs
plate.
17. CHING
It is a simple percussion
instrument. It is made of
brass mixed with cooper.
It is consists of two kinds
of metal and the sounds
produced is much sharper
than if only one is used.