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Week 3 Cambodia

Cambodia's music is influenced by its history as the Khmer Empire and recent Western influences. Traditional Cambodian court music features large orchestras with instruments like hammered keys and gongs, and is similar to music from Java, Indonesia. Genres like gong ensembles, drum ensembles, and free-reed mouth organs play a central role in Cambodian musical expression. Popular dances like romvong are performed in circles by both men and women.

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Week 3 Cambodia

Cambodia's music is influenced by its history as the Khmer Empire and recent Western influences. Traditional Cambodian court music features large orchestras with instruments like hammered keys and gongs, and is similar to music from Java, Indonesia. Genres like gong ensembles, drum ensembles, and free-reed mouth organs play a central role in Cambodian musical expression. Popular dances like romvong are performed in circles by both men and women.

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Week 3 LESSON 3

MUSIC OF CAMBODIA

Cambodia, often known as


Kampuchea, is one of Southeast
Asia's most beautiful countries. Its
music is influenced by both the
Khmer Empire and Western
influences. Its popular music has
largely been Westernized in recent
years.

Cambodians assimilated and adopted Indian, Chinese, and European cultures to suit
their own traditions. Until the catastrophic political upheavals in Cambodia in the 1960s,
Cambodian music gained a worldwide reputation. Cambodian court music, such as choruses
with large orchestras based on hammered keys and gongs, is similar to that of Java,
Indonesia. Ancient and Hindu genres have a strong influence on art music. Gong ensembles,
drum ensembles, and free-reed mouth organs with gourd windchests are central to
Cambodian musical expression. Cambodian romvong, also known as lamvong or ramwong,
is a slow dance music performed by both men and women in a circle. In Cambodia, Laos, and
Thailand, it is a popular traditional dance.

Polyphonic stratification characterizes Khmer music, which is based mostly on the


pentatonic scale. The Cambodian musicians have a communal melody in mind that no single
musician plays, but that guides the musicians to a shared objective and acts as a guideline
for musical embellishment or decoration. The music is part of a memory-based oral tradition
passed down from teacher to student.
Watch the video: Pinpeat of the Royal Court of Cambodia at Angkor Wat Temple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIv7yqiyeeI

Define the instruments that were used in the ensemble based on the video.

Instruments of Cambodia

The Pinpeat Ensemble is a Cambodian ensemble that usually performs in support of


the royal courts and temples' ceremonial music. Their court dances, masked dramas, shadow
plays, and religious rites all include music. The pinpeat ensemble is similar to the Thai piphat
ensemble and usually consists of nine to ten instruments.

Oneat Kong Vong Ching Skor Thom Samphor

Using the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Instruments, classify the Pinpeat ensemble


instruments and describe their characteristics.
IDIOPHONE AEROPHONE CHORDOPHONE MEMBRANOPHONE

LINK:
The children's game "Leak Kanseng" is performed with a twisted towel or scarf.

Lyrics from Yannucci (2020)

English Translation:
HIDE THE SCRAFT
Drop the Handkerchief Game

Hide the scarf,


The cat is going to bite,
Oops! Oops!

EXPLORE

1. Download on your laptop the “Virtual Piano” and play the melody of the song Leak
Kanseng.
2. Upload individual recorded video for the virtual practical test.

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