Thon and rammana explained

Thon and rammana
Image Capt:	A thon (left) and rammana (right)
Classification:	Percussion (Membranophone)

The thon and rammana (Central Khmer: [[wikt:ស្គរថូន|ស្គរថូន]]និង[[ស្គររមនា]]; Thai: [[wikt:โทนรำมะนา|โทนรำมะนา]], in Thai pronounced as /tʰoːn ram.ma.naː/) are hand drums played as a pair in Khmer and Thai classical music. It consists of two drums: the thon (Central Khmer: ស្គរថូន;Thai: โทน), a goblet drum with a ceramic or wooden body and the rammana (Central Khmer: ស្គររមនា;Thai: รำมะนา), a small rebana-typed frame drum or tambourine. They are used usually in the Mohaori ensemble in Cambodia^{[1] [2]} and khruang sai ensemble in Thailand. The thon gives a low pitch and the rammana gives a high pitch.Earlier in the 20th century, the thon and rammana were sometimes played separately.

See also

• Skor daey, article compares Cambodian goblet drums
• Traditional Thai musical instruments
• Cambodian folk and classical music, mohori

External links

• Thon and rammana page
• UNESCO document, Traditional Musical Instruments of Cambodia. PDF..

Notes and References

1. Book: Khean. Yun . Dorivan. Keo. Lina . Y. Lenna. Mao. Traditional Musical Instruments of Cambodia. Kingdom of Cambodia. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 248–253 .
2. Web site: The Flute Player. . pbs.org. 10 October 2018. Thaun, a goblet drum, is similar to the skor arakk, except it has a shallower head and a slimmer body...used as part of a two-piece drum set in the mohori ensemble... [From a Public Broadcasting Service webpage about the 2003 movie by Jocelyn Glatzer called the ''Flute Player'', about a man who returns to Cambodia to teach the Cambodian flute.].