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Ching (also spelled Chheng, or Chhing) are finger cymbals played in Cambodian and Thai theater and dance ensembles.[1]
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Ching (also spelled Chheng, or Chhing) are finger cymbals played in Cambodian and Thai theater and dance ensembles.[1]
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Key facts
• Name — Ching • Names — Chheng, Chhing • Background — percussion • Hornbostel Sachs — 111.142 (idiophone)
Construction and use
Construction and use
Joined by a cord that runs through the center, ching are bowl-shaped, about 5 centimeters in diameter, and made of bronze alloy—iron, copper, and gold. They are struck together in a cyclical pattern to keep time and regulate the melody, and they function as the "timekeeper" of the ensemble.[2] The rhythm typically consists of alternating the accented closed stroke with an unaccented open "ching" stroke. The name "ching" is probably onomatopoeic for this open sound.
Musical context
Musical context
The Cambodian ensemble—which has traditionally accompanied court dance, masked plays, and shadow plays and ceremonies—is composed of vocalists and instruments: gong chimes, reed instruments, metallophones, xylophones, drums, and ching. A Thai ensemble consists of stringed fiddles, flutes, zither, xylophones, gong circles, drums, and ching. Melody in both Thai and Khmer musics is regulated by cyclic patterns realized on the drums and ching.[3]
Historical significance
Historical significance
• Illustration — Ching used by a dancer in Thailand. The history of the cymbal is not exactly known, but it is assumed to have come from India.
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ching is situated in Cambodia.
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ching is associated with Cambodia.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500627944, Ching, Raymond.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2066397: ching
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- 1.Sam, Sam-Ang. Cambodian Music and Dance in North America. Cambodian Culture Since 1974: Homeland and Exile. Cornell University Press. 41. 1. 177–180. 1994. 852596.
- 2.Sam, Sam-Ang. The Khmer People of Cambodia. The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music.
- 3.Tran, Quang Hai. Pin Peat. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. July 2020.
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