Skor daey explained

The skor daey (ស្គរដៃ "hand drum" or "clay drum") is a short goblet drum from Cambodia, approximately 40 centimeters tall and 15 centimeters wide at the top.[1] [2] [3] There are two common goblet drums there, the skor chhaiyam (Khmer: ស្គរឆៃយ៉ាំ), a very long goblet drum, resembling some from Burma, and the skor daey.

Alternative spellings in English include skor dai (hand) and skor dei (clay, also alternative in Khmer: ស្គរដី). Other Khmer names included skor arak, skor kar (ស្គរការ), skor ayai (ស្គរអាយ៉ៃ។).[4] The name skor areak or skor arak or skor aaroksa (Khmer:ស្គរអារក្ស) links this variant to the Arak music it is used to play.[2] Skor kar linked it to kar boran music for weddings, where two drums are used, representing male and female.[5] Skor ayai refers to ayai repartee singing, in which a man and woman alternate quick, witty comments or replies back and forth, accompanied by an ensemble.[5] [1] The small goblet drums may also be called skor toch, (Khmer: ស្គរតូច), literally small drum, but that may be a description and not a name.

Another small goblet drum used in Cambodia is the thon, a Thai name: โทน. Compared to the Skor daey, it "has a shallower head and a slimmer body."[6]

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  1. Book: Miller. Terry E. . Williams. Sean . 25 September 2017 . The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Southeast Asia. Routledge . 9781351544207 .
  2. Web site: Long goblet drum - skor chaiyam. Kersalé Patrick . soundsofangkor.org/. 5 October 2018 .
  3. Book: Khean. Yun . Dorivan. Keo. Lina . Y. Lenna. Mao. Traditional Musical Instruments of Cambodia. Kingdom of Cambodia. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 246–247 .
  4. Web site: Cambodian Percussion. Vanna . Ly . September 2002. leisurecambodia.com . 10 October 2018.
  5. Web site: Cambodian Percussion. Vanna. Ly . September 2002. leisurecambodia.com . 20 June 2019. [tabloid; volume 2, number 9]. .
  6. 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.].