traditional Cambodian musical instrument

• Illustration — Various Cambodian woodwind and string musical instruments at the "Sounds of Angkor" exhibition in Тheam's Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

• Khloy - vertical duct flute made of bamboo, hardwood, or plastic, with buzzing membrane • Khloy ek - smaller in size • Khloy thom - larger in size

• Illustration — A Cambodian musical instrument called a Sneng 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 reed photo • Pey pok - free-reed pipe photo • 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

* • Illustration — Sralai instrument, Siem Reap, 2024 Sralai - quadruple-reed oboe • Sralai toch - small quadruple-reed oboe • Sralai thom - large quadruple-reed oboe • Sralai chey, also called sralai klong khaek or sralai Chvea, historically played during triumphal ceremonies and traditional Cambodian martial arts matches such as kun Khmer/pradal serey or bokator • Sralai Trai Leak or sralai Toam Ming, used in Kantoam Ming (or Trai Leak) funeral ensembles in the Siem Reap region • Pey ar (also spelled beyaw, and also called bey prabauh) - oboe with cylindrical bore

• Saing - conch horn

• Slek - tree leaf used as a wind instrument

• Illustration — Various Cambodian string musical instruments at the "Sounds of Angkor" exhibition in Тheam's Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

• Tro (ទ្រ) - fiddle • Tro Khmer (ទ្រ ខ្មែរ) - three-string vertical spike fiddle with coconut shell body; used in classical music • Tro che (ទ្រឆេ) - high-pitched two-string vertical fiddle, with face covered with snakeskin • Tro sau toch (ទ្រសោធំ តូច) - two-string vertical fiddle with hardwood body; used in classical music • Tro sau thom (ទ្រសោធំ) - two-string vertical fiddle with hardwood body; used in classical music • Tro u (also spelled tro ou) (ទ្រអ៊ូ) - lower two-string vertical fiddle with a coconut shell body, with face covered with calfskin or snakeskin; used in classical music photo

• Chapei dong veng (ចាប៉ីដងវែង) - 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 khse mhoy - chest-resonated stick zither) photo • Pin - Cambodian harp, ancient instrument reborn in modern times

• Khim (ឃឹម) - hammered dulcimer

• Illustration — Various Cambodian drums at the "Sounds of Angkor" exhibition in Тheam's Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia. • 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 hands photo • Rumana - frame drum, played with the hands

• Illustration — Instruments are (clockwise from front) gong chimes kong von thom 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

Roneat (រនាត)- 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

• Kong vong or kong thom - single suspended gong

• Krap (ក្រាប់) - pair of flat bamboo or hardwood sticks

• Ching (ឈិង) - pair of small cymbals used to mark time • Chap - pair of flat cymbals

• Pan - woodblock • Nay pay - pellow • Sindang - small size woodblocks

• Illustration — King's dancers accompanied by musicians before 1900 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.