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| Percussion instrument | |
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| Classification | Percussion (idiophone) |
| Related instruments | |
| Khong wong lek, khong wong mahori, khong wong lek mahori | |
The khong wong yai (Thai: ฆ้องวงใหญ่, pronounced [kʰɔ́ːŋ woŋ jàj]) is a circle with gongs used in the music of Thailand. It has 16 tuned bossed gongs in a rattan frame and is played with two beaters. The player sits in the center of the circle.[1] It is used in the piphat ensemble to provide the skeletal melody the other instruments of the elaborate ensemble. The gongs are individually tuned with beeswax under the gongs.[2] The khong wong yai can either be played with soft beaters or hard beaters.
It is equivalent to the kong thom in Cambodian music.[3]
- ^ Bamrungwong, Joompon; Woraratsoontorn, Pattaraweerin (2017-07-01). "The Effect of the Khong Wong Yai Parameters on Sounds by FEM". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 870 (1): 012023. Bibcode:2017JPhCS.870a2023B. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/870/1/012023.
- ^ ".:: Thai Folk Musical Instruments ::". 2008-04-19. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ Peter Fletcher (2001). World Musics in Context. Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-19-816636-8.