SOUTHEAST ASIA

Southeast Asian music include the musical traditions of this subregion of Asia. This subregion consists of
eleven countries, namely, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Northeast India.
The music of southeast asia reflects different aspects of Asian culture thru its timbre , rhythm ,melody ,
texture , form and style.

Vietnam

Hu Lu Si An amazing reeded pipe
instrument from Vietnam,
HuLuSi brings distinct sound to
your music. One seven-holed pipe
acts performs melody, while the
others sound in supporting drone
tones. Crafted of bamboo and gourd,
its sound is soft and haunting, often
used as a solo instrument.


Danmo An amazing traditional
percussion Instrument from Vietnam
that has been used for centuries in
Vietnamese Pagoda ceremonies. Hand
carved from the highly resonant Jack
Fruit tree, its unique sound and precise
tuning make it a favorite of percussionists
worldwide. The Danmo consists of a
wooden stand, with five carved temple
blocks and four carved tone blocks with
scrapers. Includes double ended sticks,
and stands approximately thirty two
inches tall. 48" tall, 19" wide




The sound of the Dan Nhi is said to imitate
that of a singer. It can be played in either short
staccato notes or longer chords and can be
played slow or fast to suit any composition.
The Dan Nhi is capable of great flexibility in
range, tone, and dynamics. The sound of the
Dan Nhi is said to imitate that of a singer. It
can be played in either short staccato notes or
longer chords and can be played slow or fast to
suit any composition.










The Southerners of Vietnam refer to this instrument as Dan Kim.
Dan Nguyet has two strings and the resonator resembles the moon,
that is probably why it is named Dan Nguyet, which means moon
lute.
The strings were traditionally made of silk but are today normally
made of nylon, which can be strummed with either finger or pick. The
Dan Nguyet provides a mid-range pitch in traditional orchestras and
is played in short, melodic passages. The instruments use has varied
from province to province, but in the south its been used to accompany
Cai Luong opera.






Myanmar
The music of Burma (or Myanmar) has similarities with and is
related to many other musical traditions in the region, including
Chinese music and Thai music.





Brunei
Brunei is a southeast Asian country located on Borneo between the states of Sabah and
Sarawak which are part of Malaysia. There is a wide array of native folk music, and
dance. Brunei shares some Cultural perspectives and links with the countries of South
East Asia such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines. Although Brunei
has similarities with others, there are significant differences in terms of culture and
heritage including its folk music, folk dance, and folk stories. The strong Islamic influence
means that dance performances and music are somewhat restricted.
Gulingtangan is one of the traditional music instrument played in Brunei
Darussalam. It is an instrument which must be performed with several further
traditional instruments. There are five different kinds of instruments consisting in
a Gulingtangan Orchestra, they are; gulingtangan, canang, tawak-tawak,
gong and gandang labik.

The instrument Gulingtangan are commonly used in many occasions for
example; weddings, religious functions etc. In addition, Gulingtangan are
generally used in the tribal areas of Brunei which are listed; Melayu Brunei,
Kedayan, Belait and Murut

Filipino music is idiosyncratic inside Asia by its deep Hispanization and Western
features. However, pre-Hispanic indigenous music remains manifest in oral
traditions connecting it with Southeast Asian personality. Muslims in the
Philippines (Moros) preserve this realm, being the Kulintang the most notorious
instrument. After a contemporary process to recover the indigenous traditions as
part of the Philippine Civilization, a historiography dealing with different aspect of
the Kulintang has been developed. The standard kulintang nowadays is composed
by eight gongs, from biggest to smaller, from lowest to highest. These gongs are
disposed in a row over a wooden construction, suspended on strings as braces.
Each gong has a protuberance (boss), in which the performer plays with a pair
of sticks made of soft wood.




Indonesia
The music of Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity, the local
musical creativity, as well as subsequent foreign musical influences that
shaped contemporary music scenes of Indonesia. Nearly thousands of
Indonesian islands having its own cultural and artistic history and
character.[1] This results in hundreds of different forms of music, which
often accompanies dance and theatre.
Angklung is a musical instrument
multitonal (double pitched) is traditionally grown in theSundanese-
speaking community in the western part of Java Island. This musical
instrument made of bamboo, sounded shaken by the way (the sound
caused by impactbodies of bamboo pipes) so as to produce a vibrating
sound in the arrangement of tones2, 3, and 4 tones in every size, both
large and small. Angklung is listed as Masterpieces ofthe Oral and
Cultural Heritage of UNESCO Human Nonbendawi since November
2010.
Calung is a Sundanese musical
instrument which is a prototype (prototype) of theangklung. Unlike the
angklung is played by shaken, beating calung way is to hit the
rod(wilahan, blades) of the joints (bamboo tubes) are arranged
according to the barrel titi(scales) pentatonic (da-mi-na-ti-la) . Species
of bamboo to manufacture most of awiwulung calung (black bamboo),
but some are made from awi friend (white bamboo).Calung sense than
as a musical instrument is also attached as the performing arts. There
are two forms of Sunda calung known, namely calung calung rantay and
portable.

Rebana (Java Language: Fly) is a round drum-shaped and flat. Circular
frame of woodturner, with one hand to tap on goat leather. Arts in
Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore are often put on rebana is
musical rhythm of the desert, for example, harp, andhadroh kasidah.


Sasando is a stringed musical instrument. This musical instrument comes from the island of
Rote, East Nusa Tenggara. Literally Sasando according to the origin of the name he said in Rote,
sasandu, which means equipment that vibrates or rings. Sasando purportedlyused in the
community Rote since the 7th century. There sasando shape similarity withother stringed
instruments like guitar, violin and harp.
Singapore

Philippines