MYANMAR

MYANMAR
• also known as Burma
• sits in Southeast Asia
between Thailand, China
and India
 MYANMAR
• has dense jungles, rich farmland
and natural resources
• most of the people here live in
poverty
 MYANMAR
• A harsh military government has
ruled the country since 1962
• home to many ancient Buddhist
pagodas and monasteries
• The music of Myanmar (Burma)
has similarities with many other
musical traditions in the region,
including Chinese music and Thai
music, probably because its longest
land border is shared with China.
HSAING WAING
• Myanmar’s traditional folk
music ensemble
• It is made up mainly of
different gongs and drums
 Musical Instruments
loud sounding - performed
in open-air ensembles at
ceremonies and festivals
soft sounding
Hsaing Waing Instruments:

•hne - a double
reed pipe
HNE
Hsaing Waing Instruments:
• maung hsaing -
larger bronze gongs in
a rectangular frame
MAUNG HSAING
Hsaing Waing Instruments:
•pat waing - a set
of 21 drums in a
circle
Hsaing Waing Instruments:
•kyi waing - small
bronze gongs in
circular frame
KYI WAING
Hsaing Waing Instruments:
•chauk lon pat – a
set of tuned
drums
Hsaing Waing Instruments:
•Si and WA – a
bell and a
clapper
SI WA
 for more formal and classical
performances that are performed indoors
• saung gauk
- 13-string angular harp with soft
sound
- the national instrument of
Myanmar
 for more formal and classical
performances that are performed indoors
• pattala - Burmese xylophone
MAHAGITA
• meaning great or royal song
• an extensive collection of
classical songs
MAHAGITA
• these songs are divided into different types like:
- the oldest repertoires
- royal court music
- songs of longing
- horses’ dance songs
- worship songs for Burmese spirits
- songs of sorrow
- music adapted from Ayutthaya and the Mon people
MALAYSIA
 MALAYSIA
• multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country
• Influences: Malay, Chinese, Indian, Iban,
Dayak, Kadazandusun, Eurasians
• music is largely based around percussion
instruments
 TWO TYPES OF MUSIC OF
MALAYSIA:
a. Classical and Folk – pre
colonial period
b. Syncretic or Acculturated –
developed during post-
Portuguese period
 MUSICAL
ENSEMBLES AND
TYPES OF
PERFORMANCES IN
MALAYSIA
 AGUNG and KULINTANG
a gong-based musical ensemble
commonly used in funerals and weddings
in East Malaysia
similar to kulintang of the Philippines,
Brunei and Indonesia
 KERTOK
a musical ensemble that consists of
xylophones played swiftly and
rhythmically in traditional Malay
functions
 DIKIR BARAT
an important musical form to Malaysia’s national
culture
performed by singing in groups and often in a
competitive manner usually with percussion
instrumental accompaniment or sometimes
without instruments at all
 SILAT MELAYU
a form of martial art similar to T’AI CHI
a mixture of martial arts, dance and music
usually accompanied by gongs, drums
and Indian oboes