Cambodian Instruments

Cambodian Instruments

Flutes

Khlo - vertical duct flute made of bamboo, hardwood, or plastic, with buzzing membrane

Khloy ek - smaller in size

Khloy thom - larger in size

Free-reed

Sneng- water buffalo or ox horn with a single free reedphoto

Pey pok - free-reed pipephoto

Ploy - mouth organ with gourd body and five to seven bamboo pipes

Ken/Khaen- free-reed mouth organ used in northwestern Cambodia

Angkuoch -jaw harp made of bamboo or metal

Oboes

Sralai - quadruple-reed oboe

Sralai toch - small quadruple-reed oboe

Sralai thom - large quadruple-reed oboe

Pey ar - oboe with cylindrical bore

Horns

Snaing - conch shell horn

Strings

Tro - fiddle

Tro Khmer - three-string vertical spike fiddle with coconut shell body; used in classical music

Tro che - high-pitched two-string vertical fiddle, with face covered with snakeskin

Tro sau toch - two-string vertical fiddle with hardwood body; used in classical music

Tro sau thom - two-string vertical fiddle with hardwood body; used in classical music

Tro u- lower two-string vertical fiddle with a coconut shell body, with face covered with calfskin or snakeskin; used in classical music photo

A krapeu (takhe)

Chapey dang veng - plucked fretted lute

Krapeu (also called takhe) - crocodile-shaped fretted floor zither with three strings

Kse diev

Khim - hammered dulcime

Drums

A thon

Sampho - barrel drum, played with the hands

Skor (also spelled sko)

Skor thom  - pair of large barrel drums, played with sticks

Thon - goblet-shaped drum, played with the handsphoto

Rumana - frame drum, played with the hands

Gong Chimes

Kong vong toch - small gong circle

Kong vong thom - large gong circle

Keyboards

Roneat- trough-resonated keyboard percussion instrument; generally played with two mallets and used in Khmer classical and theatre music

Roneat ek - smaller xylophone

Roneat thung - larger xylophone

Roneat dek - smaller metallophone

Roneat thong - larger metallophone; no longer used

Gongs

Kong vong - single suspended gong

Clappers

Krap - pair of flat bamboo or hardwood sticks

Cymbals

Ching - pair of small cymbals used to mark time

Chap - pair of flat cymbals

Woodblocks

Pan - Woodblock

Nay pay - Pellow

Sindang - Small Size Woodblocks

Other

Slek - tree leaf used as a wind instrument