Khmer instruments, Cambodia
In Phnom Penh, we went to an amazing shadow theatre. Here they used a Samphor drum and two Skor Thom drums ….. a type of bass drum.
Roneat Khmer xylophone being played. Check out a clip of the Roneat being played in our blog, here.
The Khim Tuch is a tuned stringed percussion instrument similar to the American hammer dulcimer.
A krapeu (also called takhe), a fretted floor zither with three strings, used in the classical music of the Khmer people of Cambodia.
Used in Pinpeat one of the many types of Khmer classical music this two-sided barrel drum is called a Samphor. We came across this in the puppet theatre.
The Kong Vong Tuch is a tuned percussion instrument, used in the “Pin Peat” orchestra.
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