&sq=&lang=&file=File:Khmer_harps_(Sounds_of_Angkor).jpg) Various pins at the Sounds of Angkor Exhibition in Тheam's Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia. | |
| Classification | String instrument |
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| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 322.11 (arched harp) |
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| Patrick Kersalé | |
The pin (Khmer: ពិណ, pĭn [pɨn]) is a Cambodian arched harp, one of the most historically important instruments in Cambodian music. The instrument went extinct c. 16th century, and is now being restored in modern times.[1] Its historical importance is emphasized by the very name for Cambodian classical music, pinpeat (Khmer: ពិណពាទ្យ). After the pin was no longer being used, Cambodians continued to use the instrument's name for classical music into the present era.[2] When the pin was no longer being used, the tonal range of other instruments was expanded, possibly to compensate.[3] Burmese saung gauk and roneats had more keys for the chromatic scale and the number of gongs in the kong von thom and kong toch "more than doubled in number since the musician depicted on the Angkorian carvings."[3]
- ^ "Khmer Dictionary: ពិណ Chuon Nath's Khmer-Khmer Dictionary". khmer-dictionary.appspot.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
1. ពិណ [1. Harp]
- ^ "Khmer Dictionary: ពិណ Chuon Nath's Khmer-Khmer Dictionary". khmer-dictionary.appspot.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
...2. Pinpeatya...As time passes, the Khmer people get rid of the harp, not including the band, but the music is still called the "Pinpet"...
- ^ a b Ellen, Rosa (10 December 2014). "The living sound of Angkor". kimedia.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
[This blog post appears to be from a Phnom Penh newspaper article; Rosa Ellen writes for the Phnom Penh Post.]