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The music of Myanmar (or Burma) (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ဂီတ) shares many similarities with other musical styles in the region. Traditional music is melodic, having its own unique form of harmony, often composed with a 4 4 (na-yi-se), a 2 4 (wa-let-se) or a 8 16 (wa-let-a-myan) time signature. In Burmese, music segments are combined ...
It consists of two parts; the first half is a traditional Burmese style section, before transitioning into the second half, a Western -style orchestra. Because of the second half, both the "National Anthem" and its predecessor "Dobama Song" are popularly known as " Kaba Ma Kyei " (Burmese: ကမ္ဘာမကျေ; MLCTS: Ka.bha ma. kye ...
Hsaing waing ensemble is seen behind the singers. The hsaing waing (Burmese: ဆိုင်းဝိုင်း, pronounced [sʰáiɰ̃ wáiɰ̃]; also spelt saing waing), commonly dubbed the Burmese traditional orchestra (မြန်မာ့ဆိုင်း), is a traditional Burmese folk musical ensemble that accompanies numerous forms of rituals, performances, and ceremonies in modern ...
Traditional folk music is atypical in Southeast Asian music, as it is characterised by sudden shifts in rhythm and melody as well as change in texture and timbre. [8] An instrument unique to Burma is the saung-gauk, [7] an arched harp that can be traced to pre-Hittite times.
Myanmar portal. v. t. e. Mahāgīta (Burmese: မဟာဂီတ; from Pali: Mahāgīta; lit. 'great songs'), also rendered into Burmese as Thachingyi (Burmese: သီချင်းကြီး), is the complete body or corpus of Burmese classical songs. [1] The songs descend from the musical traditions of the Burmese royal court, and form the ...
Burmese dance. In the Mintha Theatre (Mandalay) a master teacher of the Inwa School of Performing Arts demonstrates traditional hand movements. Dance in Burma (since 1989 known as Myanmar) can be divided into dramatic, folk and village, and nat dances, each having distinct characteristics. Although Burmese dance resemble the traditional dancing ...
Diramore (Burmese: ဓီရာမိုရ်; born Maung Maung Zaw Htet; born 4 June 1974) is a Myanmar musician and pro-rector (training) at the National University of Arts and Culture, Mandalay. [1] His stage name "Diramore" was given by his father and eldest brother before his debut. The name, meaning "The Wiser One," is a portmanteau of ...
Music of Myanmar. The pattala (Burmese: ပတ္တလားpatta.la:, Burmese pronunciation: [pattəlá]; Mon: ဗာတ် ကလာ) is a Burmese xylophone, consisting of 24 bamboo slats called ywet (ရွက်) or asan (အဆံ) suspended over a boat-shaped resonating chamber. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It is played with two padded mallets. [ 1 ][ 2 ...