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Burmese Traditional Music

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The traditional music of Myanmar: the hsaing waing ensemble of tuned drums and gongs, the saung harp and pattala xylophone, and the classical Mahagita song repertoire, in a tuning and rhythmic language unlike its neighbours.

Myanmar · emerged Ancient times · peak 18th-20th century

Also called: burmese mono, myanmar traditional music, burmese classical music

History

Court music of the Burmese kingdoms absorbed Thai and Mon repertoire after the eighteenth-century wars; the Mahagita anthology preserved the classical songs, and recordings from the 1940s captured masters such as U Ko Ko and Sein Be Da.

What it sounds like

Hsaing waing drum-circle ensemble
Saung harp and pattala xylophone
Mahagita classical song repertoire
Sudden tempo and dynamic shifts

Beside it: thai classical