Cambodian ensemble which accompanies court dance, masked plays, shadow plays and ceremonies, in addition to performing outside these contexts. The large ensemble consists of korng tauch and korng thom, (circular gong-chimes); sralai tauch and sralai thom (quadruple reed aerophones); roneat daik (metallophone); roneat aik and roneat thung (xylophones); ching (a pair of small cymbals); skor thom and sampho (drums); and vocalists (neak chrieng). The reduced ensemble often comprises korng thom, sralai thom, roneat aik, sampho, ching and vocalists (see Cambodia, §2).
TRǍN QUANG HAI