Traditional Cambodian musical instruments are the musical instruments used in the traditional and classical music of Cambodia. They comprise a wide range of wind, string, and percussion instruments, used by both the Khmer majority as well as the nation's ethnic minorities. File:Shoulder-mounted nipple gong at Angkor Wat.jpg, Soldiers carry drums and a shoulder-mounted nipple gong in relief at Angkor Wat. File:Kse diev at Angkor Wat, North Section, 16th Century.jpg, Kse diev at Angkor Wat, North Section, 16th Century. File:Kongpeat from Angkor Wat.jpg, Khmer gong chimes from Angkor Wat.

Woodwind

Flute

Khloy A khloy ( km, ខ្លុយ, Burmese: ပုလွေ, ) is an ancient traditional bamboo flute from Cambodia and more specifically the Khmer people. The khloy and other similar bamboo flutes can be found throughout Asia, due to bamboo’s abu ...

( km, ខ្លុយ) - vertical duct flute made of bamboo, hardwood, or plastic, with buzzing membrane **

Khloy ek A khloy ( km, ខ្លុយ, Burmese: ပုလွေ, ) is an ancient traditional bamboo flute from Cambodia and more specifically the Khmer people. The khloy and other similar bamboo flutes can be found throughout Asia, due to bamboo’s abu ...

- smaller in size **

Khloy thom A khloy ( km, ខ្លុយ, Burmese: ပုလွေ, ) is an ancient traditional bamboo flute from Cambodia and more specifically the Khmer people. The khloy and other similar bamboo flutes can be found throughout Asia, due to bamboo’s abun ...

- larger in size

Free-reed

Sneng The sneng or snaeng ( km, ស្នែង, "horn") is an aerophone made from an ox horn or water buffalo horn. It is loud enough to call across a distance and has been used in rural environments to signal mealtimes, give warning, call for help ...

( km, ស្នែង) - water buffalo or ox horn with a single free reedphoto
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( km, ប៉ីពក) - free-reed pipe While similar to a flute, it uses a single reed to create sound.photo
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Ploy A ploy is a tactic (method), strategy, or gimmick. Ploy may also refer to: *Ploy (board game), a board game * ''ploy'' (film), a 2007 Thai film *Ploy (musical instrument) The ploy (Khmer: ព្លយខ្មែរ) is a Cambodian wind inst ...

( km, ព្លយខ្មែរ) (also called ''m'baut'') - mouth organ with gourd body and five to seven bamboo pipes; used by Mon-Khmer-speaking upland ethnic minorities * Ken/ Khaen ( km, គែន) - free-reed mouth organ used in northwestern Cambodia *

Angkouch The angkouch (Khmer: អង្គួច) is a Cambodian Jew's harp. It is a folk instrument made of bamboo and carved into a long, flat shape with a hole in the center and a tongue of bamboo across the hole. The bamboo is not removable, which ma ...

( km, អង្គួច) (also called ''kangkuoch'') - jaw harp made of bamboo or metal

Quadruple Reed

Sralai The ''sralai'' ( km, ស្រឡៃ) is a Cambodian wind instrument that uses a quadruple reed to produce sound. The instrument is used in the ''pinpeat'' orchestra, where it is the only wind instrument. The set of quadruple reeds are made of pal ...

( km, ស្រឡៃ) - quadruple-reed oboe **Sralai toch ( km , ស្រឡៃតូច) - small quadruple-reed oboe **Sralai thom ( km , ស្រឡៃធំ )- large quadruple-reed oboe * Pey ar ( km, ប៉ីអៃ) (also spelled ''beyaw'', and also called ''bey prabauh'') - oboe with cylindrical bore

Horns

* Saing -

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horn

Other

Slek The musical leaf is one of any leaves which is used to play music on. It goes by many names, including leaflute, leaf flute, leaf whistle, gum leaf, and leafophone. In Cambodia it is called a ''slek'' () and is played by country people in Cambod ...

- tree leaf used as a wind instrument

String

Bowed

* Tro () - fiddle ** Tro Khmer () - three-string vertical spike fiddle with coconut shell body; used in classical music ** Tro che () - high-pitched two-string vertical fiddle, with face covered with snakeskin ** Tro sau toch () - two-string vertical fiddle with hardwood body; used in classical music ** Tro sau thom () - two-string vertical fiddle with hardwood body; used in classical music ** Tro u (also spelled ''tro ou'') () - lower two-string vertical fiddle with a coconut shell body, with face covered with calfskin or snakeskin; used in classical musicphoto
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Plucked

* Chapei dong veng () - plucked fretted lute *

Kong ring The kong ring or gung treng (Khmer: គង់រេង) is a Cambodian tube zither, in which a tube of bamboo is used as a resonator for stings that run along the outside of the tube, lengthwise. It has the same musical purpose as the "Kong mong ...

- bamboo tube zither, can play thet drum's part * Krapeu (also called ''takhe'') - crocodile-shaped fretted floor zither with three strings * Kse diev ( km, ខ្សែដៀវ) or ( km, ខ្សែមួយ) - chest-resonated stick zither)photo
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Struck

* Khim () -

hammered dulcimer The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more trad ...

Percussion

Drums

* Sampho (សម្ភោរ)- barrel drum, played with the hands *

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(also spelled ''sko'') - long skor drum ** Skor thom (ស្គរធំ)- pair of large barrel drums, played with sticks ** Skor yike (ស្គរយីកេ) - flat skor drum, played with hands and used in Yike dance drama *

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, Skor daey and skor arak - goblet-shaped drums, played with the handsphoto
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Gong chimes

* Kong vong toch (also called ''kong toch'') - small gong circle * Kong vong thom (also called ''kong thom'') - large gong circle * Kong mon (also called ''kong mon'') - small gong chime shaped curved

Xylophone

Roneat Roneat ( km, រនាត) is the generic Khmer word for referring to several types of xylophones used in traditional Cambodian music; the pinpeat and mohaori. Roneat may refers to several Cambodian xylophone types such as roneat thmor, roneat e ...

()- trough-resonated keyboard percussion instrument; generally played with two mallets and used in Khmer classical and theater music ** Roneat ek - smaller xylophone ** Roneat thung - larger xylophone **

Roneat dek Roneat ( km, រនាត) is the generic Khmer word for referring to several types of xylophones used in traditional Cambodian music; the pinpeat and mohaori. Roneat may refers to several Cambodian xylophone types such as roneat thmor, roneat ...

- smaller metallophone **

Roneat thong Roneat ( km, រនាត) is the generic Khmer word for referring to several types of xylophones used in traditional Cambodian music; the pinpeat and mohaori. Roneat may refers to several Cambodian xylophone types such as roneat thmor, roneat e ...

larger metallophone; no longer used

Gongs

* Kong vong or

kong thom The kong thom (Khmer: គងធំ) is Cambodian musical instrument, a hanging gong. The name may also refer to the kong von thom The kong von thom or ''kong thom'' ( km, គងធំ) plays a melodic line in the Cambodian '' pinpeat'' ensemb ...

( km, គងធំ) - single suspended gong

Clappers

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Cymbals

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( ឈិង) - pair of small cymbals used to mark time *

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- pair of flat cymbals

Woodblocks

* Pan - woodblock * Nay pay - pellow * Sindang - small size woodblocks

Occasions

Traditional Cambodian musical instruments play a significant role in the Cambodian culture.May M. Ebihara, Carol Anne Mortland, Judy Ledgerwood. "Cambodian Culture Since 1975: Homeland and Exile". Cornell University Press, 1994 These instruments are typically used during royal events, weddings, and festivals. For weddings and royal events, the musicians playing the instruments would wear traditional Cambodian attire. Just like the

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, with regard to playing context, there is no conductor in traditional Cambodian music because musicians generally learned and memorized how to play the instruments aurally. These instruments provide a sense of identity for the Cambodian people.

References

External links

The traditional music and instruments of CambodiaRebuilding the musical instruments of the ancient Khmer
26 February 2016. tuk-tuk.tv
Mysteries of the Khmer harp
9 April 2016. tuk-tuk.tv {{DEFAULTSORT:Traditional Cambodian Musical Instruments