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Hsaing waing ensemble classification

Answer 1

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Hsaing waing musicians use a hemitonic and anhemitonic scale similar to the one used by Indonesian gamelan musicians.[1] The ensemble's principal instruments, including the pat waing, kyi waing, and hne, each play variations on a single melody (heterophony).[2]

is the product of indigenous musical traditions enriched with contact with a diverse array of musical traditions in neighboring Southeast Asian societies. The hsaing waing ensemble's principal instrument, a drum circle called pat waing, continues to use Indian drum-tuning methods, is considered the remaining vestige of Indian instrumentation in Southeast Asia.[1] Similar gong and chime ensembles are found in neighboring Thailand and Laos, where it is called piphat, and in Cambodia, where it is called pinpeat. However, these ensembles do not employ the use of a pat waing.

Answer 2

The hsaing waing ensemble includes a variety of percussion and wind instruments, including various gongs and drums: Pat waingith a range of more than 3 octaves. Kyi waing  small bronze gongs in a circular frame