pat waing
Pat waing is a set of 21 pitched hand drums used in the Burmese folk musical ensemble (hsaing waing). The player sits in the middle of a horseshoe-shaped shell made of elaborately carved wood and decorated with gold leaf. The 21 drums are played with the bare hands.
pat waing
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Pat waing is a set of 21 pitched hand drums used in the Burmese folk musical ensemble (hsaing waing). The player sits in the middle of a horseshoe-shaped shell made of elaborately carved wood and decorated with gold leaf. The 21 drums are played with the bare hands.
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Originally known as the saing waing because the drums were hung on eight carved wooden plunks in a circle, the instrument is now generally referred to as a pat waing.
![Myanmar [floor] (from innermost to front) [right wall] Yagwin (cymbals) Wa (woodblock) Si (cymbals) Mandalay, 20 th c. Bronze, wood, plastic, cord, textile Pat-Waìng (double-headed barrel drums) [1] Mandalay, 20 th c. Burmese padauk wood, glass, metal, cowskin, cord This uniquely Burmese circle of tuned drums plays the melody and harmonies in the hsaìng-waìng ensembles. The virtuosic pat-wì](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Musical_instruments_on_display_at_the_MIM_%2814165127789%29.jpg/465px-Musical_instruments_on_display_at_the_MIM_%2814165127789%29.jpg)
Myanmar [floor] (from innermost to front) [right wall] Yagwin (cymbals) Wa (woodblock) Si (cymbals) Mandalay, 20 th c. Bronze, wood, plastic, cord, textile Pat-Waìng (double-headed barrel drums) [1] Mandalay, 20 th c. Burmese padauk wood, glass, metal, cowskin, cord This uniquely Burmese circle of tuned drums plays the melody and harmonies in the hsaìng-waìng ensembles. The virtuosic pat-wì
Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA · Musical instruments on display at the MIM
pat waing, Bodleian Ms. Burm. a. 5 fol 0129-3
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• Name — Pat waing • Background — percussion • Names — Pat waing Pat wang • Articles — Music of Myanmar The pat waing is a set of 21 pitched hand drums used in the Burmese folk musical ensemble (hsaing waing). The player sits in the middle of a horseshoe-shaped shell made of elaborately carved wood and decorated with gold leaf. The 21 drums are played with the bare hands. Originally known as the saing waing because the drums were hung on eight carved wooden plunks in a circle, the instrument is now generally referred to as a pat waing.
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