Instruments
Vietnam
T'rung Xylophone Medium, Vietnamese
A unique and well appreciated addition to any percussion ensemble, Dan T’rung Truc is a xylophone made, in the traditional Vietnamese way, from tuned bamboo resonator bars. They utilize a lightweight frame of bamboo, with note tubes tied together and hung horizontally from the rack. Played with small mallets, they have a bright, natural, distinct tone, sounding in a two octave pentatonic range in relative D major.
Danmo
An amazing traditional percussion Instrument from Vietnam that has been used for centuries in Vietnamese Pagoda ceremonies. Hand carved from the highly resonant Jack Fruit tree, its unique sound and precise tuning make it a favorite of percussionists worldwide. The Danmo consists of a wooden stand, with five carved temple blocks and four carved tone blocks with scrapers. Includes double ended sticks, and stands approximately thirty two inches tall.
Philippines
Kulintang
To the ancient Filipinos and even to our present cultural communities, music is used to communicate feelings and emotions. It is used as part of their daily activities, rituals, ceremonies, festivities, and other celebrations.
kutiyapi
The Philippines is rich in different kinds of musical instruments or sound-producing instruments made by its ethnic groups. These group discovered that different sounds are produced by various sources. The differences lie in the manner of construction, the style of playing, and their size. Here are some of the ethnic musical instruments.
Thailand
Saw Sam Sai
The most beautiful fiddle is the Saw samsai; the three stringed spike bowed lute that had been used in the Thai ensemble for quite a long time probable before the Sukhothai period (1350).
Saw duang
Is a bowed stringed instrument. The sound box is made of hardwood with snake skin stretched over one face, the other being the sound hole.
Laos Khene
Is a mouth organ of Lao origin whose pipes, which are usually made of
T'rung Xylophone Medium, Vietnamese
A unique and well appreciated addition to any percussion ensemble, Dan T’rung Truc is a xylophone made, in the traditional Vietnamese way, from tuned bamboo resonator bars. They utilize a lightweight frame of bamboo, with note tubes tied together and hung horizontally from the rack. Played with small mallets, they have a bright, natural, distinct tone, sounding in a two octave pentatonic range in relative D major.
Danmo
An amazing traditional percussion Instrument from Vietnam that has been used for centuries in Vietnamese Pagoda ceremonies. Hand carved from the highly resonant Jack Fruit tree, its unique sound and precise tuning make it a favorite of percussionists worldwide. The Danmo consists of a wooden stand, with five carved temple blocks and four carved tone blocks with scrapers. Includes double ended sticks, and stands approximately thirty two inches tall.
Philippines
Kulintang
To the ancient Filipinos and even to our present cultural communities, music is used to communicate feelings and emotions. It is used as part of their daily activities, rituals, ceremonies, festivities, and other celebrations.
kutiyapi
The Philippines is rich in different kinds of musical instruments or sound-producing instruments made by its ethnic groups. These group discovered that different sounds are produced by various sources. The differences lie in the manner of construction, the style of playing, and their size. Here are some of the ethnic musical instruments.
Thailand
Saw Sam Sai
The most beautiful fiddle is the Saw samsai; the three stringed spike bowed lute that had been used in the Thai ensemble for quite a long time probable before the Sukhothai period (1350).
Saw duang
Is a bowed stringed instrument. The sound box is made of hardwood with snake skin stretched over one face, the other being the sound hole.
Laos Khene
Is a mouth organ of Lao origin whose pipes, which are usually made of