MUSIC: Music of Cambodia

Question 1

A country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia

Answer 1

Cambodia or Kampuchea

Question 2

Is popular among the older generation and is most often a solo performance of a man plucking a Cambodian guitar in between a capella verses. The lyrics usually have moral or religious themes.

Answer 2

Chapei

Question 3

Can be performed solo or by a man and women and is often comedic in nature. It is a form of lyric poetry that can either be scripted or completely impromptu and ad-libbed.

Answer 3

Ayai

Question 4

Wedding music, traditional music and songs played both for entertainment and as accompaniment for the ceremonial parts of a traditional, days-long Khmer Wedding.

Answer 4

Pleng

• The music is believed to bring prosperity and happiness to the newlyweds.

Question 5

When did modern Cambodian music start?

Answer 5

1960s

as a fusion of traditional Khmer music with western rhytm and blues.

Question 6

The two common types of Cambodian dance music

Answer 6

Ramvong and Ramkbach

Question 7

Slow, dance music

Answer 7

Ramvong

Question 8

closely related to Thai folk music

Answer 8

Ramkbach

Question 9

A genre of popular music originating among the Khmer Surin in Thailand performed by both Thais and Cambodians.

Answer 9

Kantrum

Question 10

A hammered dulcimer with a trapezoidal shape from Thailand and Cambodia.

Answer 10

Khim Thai