Kong nyee

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Nipple gongs of the Kreung people of the Cambodian highlands. Possibly kong nyee, which are nipple gongs in varying sizes, played together.

The kong nyee (គងញី literally feminine gong) is a bossed gong from Ratanakiri province in northeastern Cambodia.[1] The instruments vary in size, for different pitches.[1]

The instrument is a round bronze-brass alloy plate with a round lump in the center, called a boss (like a shield boss) in English.[1] The Khmer word translates to "breast".[1] Musicians strike the boss with a mallet to get the best sound from the gong.[1] The "male gong", kong chmol, lacks the boss in the center.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Khean, Yun; Dorivan, Keo; Lina, Y; Lenna, Mao. Traditional Musical Instruments of Cambodia (PDF). Kingdom of Cambodia: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. p. 176.
  2. ^ Khean, Yun; Dorivan, Keo; Lina, Y; Lenna, Mao. Traditional Musical Instruments of Cambodia (PDF). Kingdom of Cambodia: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. pp. 174–175. The gong face is flat...


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