ABSTRACT
Little is known of Cham music. Most documentation has been done in Phan Rang, where a troupe of musicians and dancers performs for tourists and visiting delegations. A double-reed oboe and various drums predominate, but the Cham retain an unusual turtleshell fi ddle. A full ensemble includes a two-headed drum (kinang), a one-headed drum (baranung), an oboe (saranai), a turtleshell-body fi ddle (kanhi), a gong (chieng), and bells (grung) (Figure 19.1). Other instruments accompany dancing in which the instrumental styles-including pidenh, patra, and chava-take their names from the dances. Strokes on the leading drum (kinang) have names and can be notated with four special signs. Less commonly seen are the spike fi ddle (koke), which vaguely resembles spike fi ddles of the ai (saw sam sai), the Khmer (tror Khmer), and the Arabs; the gourd mouth organ (rakle); the bamboo tube zither (kopin); the monochord (kopil); and cluster bells (karong).
