Cool Stuff (Southeastern and Far Eastern Asia)

I began this blog post by just searching southeast Asia music. I was listening to one of the songs and it sounded kind of old. It started by just a flute sound. Once the singing began the only instrument I could hear was something that sounded like a xylophone.

After listening to a little of this video I wanted to know what instruments were used in southeast Asia. I learned about this cool instrument played in southeast Asia called the Khim. The Khim is a type of instrument called a dulcimer. A dulcimer is a type of instruments that have strings in a box that is usually trapezoid shaped. The strings get played by a handheld hammer. The Khim is from Thialand and Cambodia. The trapezoid shaped box is made of wood and the strings are brass. Their are 14 groups of strings in the Khim, and each group has 3 strings. The Khim has a total of 42 strings

I also found anther instruments called the Khene. This looks like a flute instrument. This is known to be one of the most interesting instruments played in southeast Asia. Its made out of silver or brass. This instrument is also known to be related to the western free reed instrument.

As I mentioned earlier in the first video, I noticed a sound that sounded like a xylophone. I found an instrument that is played in southeast Asia that is like a xylophone, and its a called a Gambang Kayu. Kayu is actually a type of wood that’s used to make a Gambang. A Gambang has wooden bars and is played just like a xylophone.