Title: In Praise of the Burmese Harp
Performers: Inle Myint Maung and Yi Yi Thant
Culture/Origin: Burma
Orchestration: The arched Harp
This song was located on Smithsonian Folkways. The instrumentation was an Arched Harp, which consists of sixteen strings suspended between a long, curved wooden neck and resonator covered with deer skin painted red. It can be tuned in many different ways and it does have a Western Harp sound, it is just tuned modaly. It definitely represents the chordophone (string) instrument. The pleasant relaxing sound is really quite amazing. Enjoy!
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