CAMBODIA

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The pinpeat orchestra or musical ensemble performs the

ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples
of Cambodia. The orchestra consists of approximately nine
or ten instruments, mainly wind and percussion (including
several varieties of xylophone and drums). It
accompanies court dances, masked plays, shadow plays,
and religiousceremonies. The pinpeat is analogous to
the piphat ensemble of Thailand.
 Instruments used in pinpeat ensembles

KLOY- is an
ancient traditional
bamboo flute from
Cambodia.

SRALAI- is a
wind instrument used in the pinpeat of Cambodia.
Its quadruple reed is made of palm leaf, and its body
has a slightly
conical bore.
SAMPHOR- is a small barrel drum indigenous
to Cambodia. It has
two heads and is
played with both
hands.

ONEAT- is
a xylophone used in the Khmer classical music
of Cambodia. It is built in the shape of a curved,
rectangular shaped boat. It has twenty-one thick
bamboo or hard wood bars that are suspended from
strings attached to the two walls.
CHING- are finger cymbals(idiophone) played
in Cambodian and Thai theater and da nce
ensembles.

KONGVONG-
they are gong circles.

SKORTHOM-
they are 2 big
drums similar to
Japanese drums.