myanmar 8. Grade 8 firts quarter music week 2

Grade 7 music

1. Myanmar

2. Myanmar Mayanmar was known as Burna until 1989. The music of Myanmar has similarities with many other musical traditions in the region, including Chinese music and Thai music, probably because its longest land border is shared with china.

3. Myanmar The capital of Myanmar, Yangon (Rangoon) is known for the most famous stupa in the country, the Shwedagon Pagoda, along with a temple complex around it.

4. Myanmar Schwedago These stupas are a couple thousand years older than the city itself

5. Myanmar The Hsaing Waing is Myanmar’s traditional folk music ensemble. It is made up mainly of different gongs and drums as well other instrument depending on the nature of the performance.

6. Myanmar - The loud sounding instruments are performed in open- air ensembles at ceremonies and festivals. Most of the Hsaing Waing instruments belong to the loud sounding category. Myanmar’s musical instruments are categorized into 2 types, the loud sounding and soft sounding.

7. “ H’ ne” - a multiple reed oboe with a remarkable crooked form Hsang Waing Instruments

8. Pat Wain Hsang Waing Instruments

9. Kyi Waing (circular frame) Hsang Waing Instruments

10. Maung Hsaing (rectangular frame) Hsang Waing Instruments

11. “ SI” (brass cymbals) Hsang Waing Instruments

12. “WA” (castanets) Hsang Waing Instruments

13. MYANMAR -For more formal and classical performances that are performed indoors, the ensemble may be accompanied by the saung gauk the bational instrument of (13 – string angular harp with soft sound) -Myanmar, the pattla (Burmese xylophone), or the piano and violin, both introduced during colonial rule.

14. MYANMAR Saung Gauk Cutch Wood Silk Strings Hallow body made of mahogany ( paduk rosewood) Leather cover made of a female deer

15. MYANMAR The body of the saung gauk is made of padauk , the famous Myanmar mahoganay , the flat bar is made of cutch wood , it is covered with the leather of a female deer and the strings are made of silk.

16. MYANMAR An extensive collection of classical songs I Myanmar is called the Mahagita