Comments for HAJI MAJI

Comment on TWO INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS by flowerwheels

flowerwheels — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:15:34 +0000

Hello:
I’m a scholar who do research of guqin. I’m so excited that I find Pu Xuezhai’s “Three Variations of Plum Flower ” here, but it is incomplete. Maybe you have a complete file? Could you also post it on the webpage, or mail a file to me?

Many thanks!

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by peter

peter — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:46:16 +0000

ah yeah, i found the passage you mean! (except it’s pg. 175 in mine.. we must have different editions) that is quite odd, to have a contradiction like that a couple pages apart! of course it seems like the modern ensemble might be less rigid in it’s make-up (i.e. they use whichever instruments they feel)

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by peter

peter — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:39:50 +0000

ah strange! check out pgs 184-5!

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by HAJI MAJI

HAJI MAJI — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:35:35 +0000

hmm, that’s weird. On page 119 it says “mohori samai use only modern instruments…”.
We’ll see…

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by peter

peter — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:22:20 +0000

oh wow, i just flipped open the garland encyclopedia of southeast asian music, and found the following: “with the introduction of western culture to cambodia, a hybrid ensemble and repetoire, known as modern mohori (mohori samai) emerged. this ensemble… is a mixture of khmer and western instruments – khloy, chhing, thaun-rumanea, violin, guitar, keyboard and accordion“! i guess it very might be!

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by HAJI MAJI

HAJI MAJI — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:44:32 +0000

Thanks Peter, my feeling is that it’s a Khene which was used in some Khmer music…but so far my knowledgeable sources have come up empty. There are several other reed instruments from the area, but they are not usually part of the Mohori ensemble, and I don’t know what they sound like!

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by peter

peter — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:40:37 +0000

this is really great.. i wonder what instrument it is that leads off here; sounds almost precisely like an accordion!

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by gracenotes

gracenotes — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:41:17 +0000

Beautiful record. Thanks.

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by HAJI MAJI

HAJI MAJI — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:47:43 +0000

thanks for tuning in JW!

Comment on Khmer Mohori from Cambodia by JW

JW — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:34:49 +0000

Yes! Exceptionally rare, and as fine as fine can be.