MUSIC 8 - Southeast Asian Music (1st Quarter) MUSIC OF CAMBODIA A. Cultural Background B. Vocal Music C. Instrumental Music D. Musical Ensemble (Pinpeat)

1. Mr. CARLO JUSTINO J. LUNA
Malabanias Integrated School

2. • Brunei
• Cambodia
• East Timor
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

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5. Essential Question:
How is culture
reflected in
Southeast Asian
music?

6. The music of Southeast
Asia reflects different
aspects of Asian culture
through its timbre,
rhythm, melody,
texture, form and style.

9. Cambodia is officially
known as the Kingdom
of Cambodia
It is also known
as Kâmpŭchéa.

10. Cambodia was the
center of the Khmer
(Cambodian) Kingdom
of Angkor, a great
empire that dominated
Southeast Asia for 600
years.

11. Cambodia is
bordered by
Thailand to the
northwest, Laos
to the northeast,
Vietnam to the
east, and the
Gulf of Thailand
to the
southwest.

12. Capital:
Phnom Penh
Official
Language:
Khmer
Demonym:
Cambodian

13. Anthem:
Nokor Reach
(“Majestic
Kingdom”)
Motto:
“Nation,
Religion, King”

14. It is a temple
complex in
Cambodia
and the
largest
religious
monument
in the world.

15. It is the
capital and
most
populous city
of Cambodia.

16. It literally
means Penh’s
Hill. It takes
its name
from the
present Wat
Phnom (Hill
Temple).

17. Cambodian music
 gained a world-wide
reputation in the
1960s

18. Art music
 highly influenced by
ancient forms as well
as Hindu forms.

19.  roughly
similar to
the court
music of
Java,
Indonesia

20.  features
choruses
with large
orchestras
based on
struck keys
and gongs

22. Cambodian people also
absorbed and adopted
Indian, Chinese, European,
and other cultures to suit
their own traditions and
tastes that resulted in a
distinct Cambodian
culture.

23. The pinpeat
is a
Cambodian
musical
ensemble or
orchestra.

24. It usually
accompanies
ceremonial
music of the
royal courts
and temples.

25. The pinpeat
is analogous
to the piphat
ensemble of
Thailand

26. The orchestra
consists of
approximately
nine or ten
instruments,
mainly wind
and
percussion.

27. Skor thom
Samphor
Kongvong
Oneat
Chhing

28. – two big drums (similar to taiko drums of Japan)
played with drumsticks (membranophone)

29. – a double-headed
drum played with
hands
(membranophone)

30. – xylophones (idiophone)

31. – gong circles (idiophone)

32. – finger cymbals (idiophone)

33. Watch the video clips of
pinpeat. After watching
the performances,
answer the questions
that follow.

36. 1. In three to five sentences, describe
how the pinpeat musicians play
their instruments.
2. How many instrument players were
needed to form the pinpeat?
3. Are their instruments made of
wood or metal?

37. THANK
YOU!
- Carlo Luna -