MUSIC OF THE
SOUTHEAST ASIA
INDONESIA – CAMBODIA – LAOS – MALAYSIA –
MYANMAR – SINGAPORE – THAILAND – VIETNAM –
BRUNEI – EAST TIMOR - PHILIPPINES
GEOGRAPHY & CULTURE
Group of 11
countries
CLIMATE
LANGUAGES
RELIGION
CULTURE: MUSIC OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIA
GEOGRAPHY
CULTURE: PEOPLE,
CLIMATE & RELIGION
MUSIC
WAYS OF KNOWING ONE’S IDENTITY
MUSIC: VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL
MEMBRANOPHONE
VOICES
VOCAL
A CAPELLA
GAMELAN
INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC: VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL
VOCAL
INSTRUMENTAL
One or more singers
A CAPELLA
MEMBRANOPHONE
VOICES
GAMELAN
INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC IS MADE
SOLELY FOR
INSTRUMENTS. IT
DISCUSSES ITS
CLASSIFICATION
AND TYPES.
Musical compositions
without lyrics
CAMBODIAN
MUSIC
PINPEAT ENSEMBLE
CAMBODIA
ANGKOR WAT
Also known as Kâmpŭchéa,
Cambodia is one of the most
beautiful countries in
Southeast Asia. It was the
center of the Khmer
(Cambodian) Kingdom of
Angkor, a great empire that
dominated Southeast Asia for
600 years.
CAMBODIAN MUSIC
Cambodian music gained a world-wide reputation in the 1960s until the
dramatic political problems in Cambodia.
Cambodian court music is similar to that of
Java, Indonesia – choruses with large
orchestras based in struck keys and gongs.
Cambodian people also absorbed and adopted
Indian, Chinese, European and other cultures to
suit their own tradition and tastes that resulted
in a distinct Cambodian culture.
The Pinpeat
CAMBODIA MUSICTHE PINPEAT
The Pinpeat is a
Cambodian musical
ensemble or an orchestra
that usually accompanies
ceremonial music of the
royal courts and temples.
Court dances, masked plays, shadow
plays and religious ceremonies
This group is similar to Thailand’s Phiphat ensemble and
usually consists of 9-10 instruments.
THE PINPEAT
CAMBODIAN’S PINPEAT
CAMBODIAN’S PINPEAT
ONEAT – XYLOPHONES
(IDIOPHONE)
KONGVONG – GONG
CIRCLES (IDIOPHONE)
SKORTHOM – TWO BIG
DRUMS SIMILAR TO
JAPANES
(MEMBRANOPHONE)
SAMPHOR – ADOUBLEHEADED DRUM PLAYED
WITH HANDS
(MEMBRANOPHONE)
CHHING – FINGER
CYMBALS (IDIOPHONE)
CAMBODIAN’S PINPEAT
SAMPHOR – A DOUBLEHEADED DRUM PLAYED WITH
HANDS (MEMBRANOPHONE)
SKORTHOM – TWO BIG
DRUMS SIMILAR TO
JAPANESE
(MEMBRANOPHONE)
KONGVONG – GONG
CIRCLES (IDIOPHONE)
CHHING – FINGER
CYMBALS
(IDIOPHONE)
ONEAT –
XYLOPHONES
(IDIOPHONE)
CAMBODIAN’S PINPEAT