Traditional Cambodian musical instruments

Flute • Khloy () - vertical duct flute made of bamboo, hardwood, or plastic, with buzzing membrane • Khloy ek - smaller in size • Khloy thom - larger in size Free-reed ស្នែង, made from a cow's horn, sits in front of a water buffalo horn. The reed where the instrument is played is visible on the side of the horn. • Sneng () - water buffalo or ox horn with a single free reedphoto • Pey pok () - free-reed pipephoto • Ploy () (also called ''m'baut'') - mouth organ with gourd body and five to seven bamboo pipes; used by Mon-Khmer-speaking upland ethnic minorities • Ken/Khaen () - free-reed mouth organ used in northwestern Cambodia • Angkuoch () (also called kangkuoch) - jaw harp made of bamboo or metal Quadruple reed • , 2024Sralai () - quadruple-reed oboe • Sralai toch () - small quadruple-reed oboe • Sralai thom ()- large quadruple-reed oboe • Pey ar () (also spelled beyaw, and also called bey prabauh) - oboe with cylindrical bore Horns • Saing - conch horn Other • Slek - tree leaf used as a wind instrument ==String==

Bowed • 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 (also spelled tro ou) () - lower two-string vertical fiddle with a coconut shell body, with face covered with calfskin or snakeskin; used in classical musicphoto Plucked • Chapei dong veng () - plucked fretted lute • Kong ring - bamboo tube zither, can play thet drum's part • Krapeu (also called takhe) - crocodile-shaped fretted floor zither with three strings • Kse diev () or () - chest-resonated stick zither)photo • Pin - Cambodian harp, ancient instrument reborn in modern times Struck • Khim () - hammered dulcimer ==Percussion==

Drums • Sampho (សម្ភោរ)- barrel drum, played with the hands • Skor (also spelled sko) - long skor drum • Skor thom (ស្គរធំ)- pair of large barrel drums, played with sticks • Skor yike (ស្គរយីកេ) - flat skor drum, played with hands and used in Yike dance drama • Thon, Skor daey and skor arak - goblet-shaped drums, played with the handsphoto • Rumana - frame drum, played with the hands Gong chimes and kong toch, roneat ek xylophone, samphor drum, skor thom drum, sralai toch and thom oboes in glass case, ching or chap small cymbals (also in glass case), roneat dek metal xylophone, and roneat thung bamboo xylophone (half in edge of photo). • Kong vong toch (also called kong toch) - small gong circle • Kong vong thom (also called kong thom) - large gong circle • Kong mon (also called kong mon) - small gong chime shaped curved Xylophone Roneat ()- trough-resonated keyboard percussion instrument; generally played with two mallets and used in Khmer classical and theater music • Roneat ek - smaller xylophone • Roneat thung - larger xylophone • Roneat dek - smaller metallophone • Roneat thong larger metallophone; no longer used Gongs • Kong vong or kong thom () - single suspended gong Clappers • Krap () - pair of flat bamboo or hardwood sticks Cymbals • Ching (ឈិង) - pair of small cymbals used to mark time • Chap - pair of flat cymbals Woodblocks • Pan - woodblock • Nay pay - pellow • Sindang - small size woodblocks ==Occasions==

Traditional Cambodian musical instruments play a significant role in the Cambodian culture. These instruments are typically used during royal events, weddings, and festivals. For weddings and royal events, the musicians playing the instruments would wear traditional Cambodian attire. Just like the Chinese, with regard to playing context, there is no conductor in traditional Cambodian music because musicians generally learned and memorized how to play the instruments aurally. These instruments provide a sense of identity for the Cambodian people. ==See also==