Chrieng Brunh (
Northern Khmer: เจรียงเบริญ ) is a type of
Khmer vocal music or
epic recitative practiced by the Khmers indigenous to
Northeast
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Thailand
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. From the Khmer words ''charieng'', meaning "song" and ''brunh'' referring to the particular rhythm, it is also sometimes transliterated as ''jarieng be-rin'' or similar variations. ''Chrieng brunh'' may be sung by an individual or as a duet by a man and a woman singing alternating verses. Although this type of folk music can be performed
a cappella
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, it is often accompanied by the
khaen
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. Ethnic
Thai's sometime make comparisons to the
Lao mor lam, but linguist Christian Bauer has written that ''chrieng brunh'' is not an adaptation of other kinds of music in Northeast Thailand but is a traditional form of Khmer music.
[Bauer, Christian. 1989. "Khmer epic recitatives inherited forms or adaptation?" ''Journal of Language and Culture'' 8.1:60–89.][Bauer, Christian. 1990. "Khmer epic recitatives inherited forms or adaptation? Part II." ''Journal of Language and Culture'' 9.1:107–130]
See also
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Kantrum
Kantrum ( th, กันตรึม, km, កន្ដ្រឹម) is a type of folk music played by the Khmer in Isan, Thailand, living near the border with Cambodia. It is a fast, traditional dance music. In its purest form, cho-kantrum, sin ...
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Music of Cambodia
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References
Cambodian music
Isan
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