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1. CAMBODIAN MUSIC
Lesson 1

2. CAMBODIA
•Cambodian art music is highly influenced by
ancient forms as well as Hindu forms.
•CAMBODIAN COURT MUSIC is roughly similar to
that of Java, Indonesia.
•Cambodian people also absorbed and adopted
Indian, Chinese, European, and other cultures to
suit their own traditions that resulted in a
distinct Cambodian Culture.

3. CAMBODIAN COURT MUSIC

4. CAMBODIAN ART MUSIC
• Cambodian Art Music is highly influenced by ancient forms as well
as Hindu forms.
• Religious dancing, many of which depict stories and ancient myths, are
common.
• Some dances are accompanied by a pinpeat orchestra, which includes a
ching (cymbal), roneat (bamboo xylophone), paiau (flute), sralai
(oboe), chapey (bass banjo), gong (bronze gong), tro (fiddle), and various
kinds of drums.

5. CAMBODIAN ART MUSIC
• Each movement the dancer makes refers to a specific idea,
including abstract concepts like today (pointing a finger upwards).
• The 1950s saw a revival in classical dance, led by queen Sisowath
Kossamak Nearyrath

6. PINPEAT
•It is a Cambodian musical ensemble or an
orchestra that usually accompanies ceremonial
music of the royal courts and temples.
•Music is always part of their court dances,
masked plays, shadow plays, and religious
ceremonies.
•This group is similar to the piphat ensemble of
Thailand and usually consists of 9 or 10
instruments.

7. PINPEAT

8. PINPEAT
•Instruments used in the pinpeat:
-Oneat
-Samphor
-Kongvong
-Skorthom
-Chhing

9. VOCABULARY
•Idiophone - an instrument the whole of which vibrates
to produce a sound when struck, shaken, or scraped.
•Membranophone – it is any musical
instrument which produces sound primarily by
way of a vibrating stretched membrane.

10. ONEAT
•These are xylophones (idiophone)

11. SAMPHOR
•A double-headed drum played with hands
(membranophone)

12. KONGVONG
•They are gong circles (idiophone)

13. SKORTHOM
•They are 2 bug drums similar to Japanese
drums (membranophone)

14. CHHING
•They are finger cymbals (idiophone).

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