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Chapey
The Chapei Dang Veng ( Khmer: ចាប៉ីដងវែង) or chapey (ចាប៉ី) is a Cambodian two-stringed, long-necked guitar that is usually plucked. It has two double courses of nylon strings String or strings may refer to: *String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim .... The top and bottom strings are typically tuned to G and C respectively, with the 12 frets having notes 1 D, 2 E, 3 F, 4 G, 5 A, 6 B, 7 C, 8 D, 9 E, 10 F, 11 G, 12 A. Chapei Dang Veng is a Cambodian musical tradition closely associated with the life, customs and beliefs of the Cambodian people. It features the chapei (a type of lute often played at cultural festivals) accompanied by singing. Song lyrics range from the educational and a type of social commentary, to satire while incorporating traditional poems, folk tales or Budd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kong Nay
Kong Nay ( km, គង់ ណៃ) aka Kong Nai (b. March 15, 1944 in Kampot Province, Cambodia) is a Cambodian musician from Kampot Province in southwestern Cambodia who plays a traditional long-necked fretted plucked lute called ''chapei dang veng''. Commonly referred to as ''Master Kong Nay'', he is a master of the ''chrieng chapei'' genre ( km, ច្រៀងចាប៉ី) in which a solo vocalist performs semi-improvised topical material within traditional epics self-accompanied with the chapei. He is one of relatively few great masters to have survived the Khmer Rouge era, and is known as the "Ray Charles of Cambodia". He received the 2017 Fukuoka Prize, Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize. Early life Kong grew up in a poor family in Daung village, in Kampong Trach district’s Svay Tong Khang Choeung commune, Kampot province. At the age of four, he contracted smallpox resulting in his blindness. Drawn to the sound of the chapei players in his village, he mimicked the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
