MUSICAL ELEMENTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN MUSIC

These are the music elements of Southeast Asia.

• Tone/Color

• Dynamics

• Rhythm

• Melody

• Form

CAMBODIA also known as

• Siam

• Kampuchea

• Laos

• Philippines

It is a musical ensemble that usually accompanies ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples.

• Pinpeat

• Gamelan

• Rondalla

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It is world’s 4th most populous country with over 238 million people and also the 4th biggest nation of the world.

• Thailand

• Indonesia

• Malaysia

• Philippines

It is a vocal music of Thailand that emerged during the pre-colonial period and still exists in the form of vocal, dance, and theatrical music

These are the elements included in gamelan ensemble.

• kendang

• saron

• bonang

• oneat

• gender

(a)   is a female soloist singer in Indonesia who sings with a gamelan.

An instrumental music of Thailand that has a mid-sized orchestra and that is performed in either outdoor style with hard mallets or indoor style with padded mallets.

• Piphat

• Krhuang Sai

• Mahori

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in Thailand, it is an orchestra that combines some of the percussion and wind instruments of the piphat with an expanded string section. This group is primarily used for indoor performances and for the accompaniment of stick-puppet theater.

• Piphat

• Khruang Sai

• Mahori

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It is traditionally played by women in the courts of Central Thailand and Cambodia. This ensemble are historically smaller.

• Piphat

• Khruang Sai

• Mahori

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