Kong thom

Musical instrument
Gong below the main sanctum sanctorum of the Angkor Wat, possibly a Kong thom (a single hanging gong).
Example of a hanging gong from Angkor Wat, north gallery, 16th century. The gong hanging on the two men's shoulders is a nipple gong, a type used in the highlands today.

The kong thom (Khmer: គងធំ) is Cambodian musical instrument, a hanging gong. The name may also refer to the kong von thom, a set of gong chimes arranged in a circular frame.[1]

References

  1. ^ Barrientos, Marizen. "Cambodia Musical Instruments". Academia. Academia ©2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

External links

  • Picture of Kong thom as a single gong
  • Band playing with a kong thom as part of percussion.
  • Picture of a Kong thom as a set of gong chimes
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Xylophones or Roneat
  • Roneat ek
  • Roneat thung
  • Roneat dek / Roneat thong (metallophone)
Gong chimes
  • Kong toch
  • Kong von thom
  • Kong mon
Gongs
  • Kong thom
  • Kong mong
  • Kong chmol
  • Kong nyee
  • Khmuoh
  • Lau
Bells
  • Kagn Chram
  • Kanderng
Drums
Fiddles
  • Tro (tro sau thom, tro sau toch, tro che, tro ou, tro ou chamhieng)
  • Tro Khmer
  • Kanö
  • Mim
Plucked: Harp, Zithers and LutesFlutes
  • Khloy (khloy ek, khloy thom)
Oboes and free reed pipes
Horns and trumpets
Other
  • Chhing (finger chimes)
  • Chap
  • Krap
  • Traw dauk
  • Kyang Saing ខ្យងស័ង្ខ
  • Slek