A report on Khene
Mouth organ whose pipes, which are usually made of bamboo, are connected with a small, hollowed-out hardwood reservoir into which air is blown.
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Mor lam
2 linksTraditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan.
Traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan.
Traditionally, the tune was developed by the singer as an interpretation of a klon poem and accompanied primarily by the khene (a free reed mouth organ).
Laos
2 linksSocialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
Socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
For example, Laotian music is dominated by its national musical instrument, the khaen, a type of bamboo mouth organ that has prehistoric origins.
Lao people
2 linksThe Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Kra–Dai languages.
The Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Kra–Dai languages.
The music is noted for the use of the khene (Lao: ແຄນ, Isan: แคน, ) instrument.
Randy Raine-Reusch
1 linksCanadian composer, performer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist specializing in New and Experimental Music for instruments from around the world, particularly those from East and Southeast Asia.
Canadian composer, performer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist specializing in New and Experimental Music for instruments from around the world, particularly those from East and Southeast Asia.
He studied khaen in Mahasarakham, Thailand with master musicians Nukan Srichrangthin and Sombat Sinla.
Pump (album)
1 linksTenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith.
Tenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith.
Randy Raine-Reusch – musical interludes (glass harmonica on "Water Song", Appalachian dulcimer on "Dulcimer Stomp", didgeridoo on "Don't Get Mad, Get Even", and Thai khaen on "Hoodoo"), plus naw (gourd mouth organ of the Lahu people of Northern Thailand) starting at 5:19 in the hidden track contained in "What It Takes"
Mouth organ
0 linksAny free reed aerophone with one or more air chambers fitted with a free reed.
Any free reed aerophone with one or more air chambers fitted with a free reed.
The most notable variations include the harmonica, and Asian free reed wind instruments consisting of a number of bamboo pipes of varying lengths fixed into a wind chest; these include the sheng, khaen, lusheng, yu, shō, and saenghwang.
Free reed aerophone
0 linksMusical instrument that produces sound as air flows past a vibrating reed in a frame.
Musical instrument that produces sound as air flows past a vibrating reed in a frame.
Among the ancient instruments, the khene of Laos, the shēng of China and the shō of Japan have survived to modern times.
Christopher Adler
0 linksMusician, composer and music professor at University of San Diego.
Musician, composer and music professor at University of San Diego.
A virtuoso player of the khaen, a reed instrument native to Laos and Thailand, he has been composing works for the khaen both as a solo instrument and in combination with western instruments since 1996.
Jaron Lanier
0 linksAmerican computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music.
American computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music.
Lanier has composed contemporary classical music and is a collector of rare instruments (of which he owns one to two thousand ); his acoustic album, Instruments of Change (1994) features Asian wind and string instruments such as the khene mouth organ, the suling flute, and the sitar-like esraj.
Phin
0 linksType of lute with a pear-shaped body, originating in the Isan region of Thailand and played mostly by ethnic Laotians in Thailand and Laos.
Type of lute with a pear-shaped body, originating in the Isan region of Thailand and played mostly by ethnic Laotians in Thailand and Laos.
It is often played together with the khene mouth organ.