Saung

Saung
Klasifikasi	instrumen petik (plucked)
Hornbostel–Sachs	322.11; (arched harp)
Alat musik terkait
	Harpa;

Saung (bahasa Burma: စောင်းကောက်; MLCTS: caung: kauk; IPA: [sáʊnɡaʊʔ]; Mon: စံၚ်, [cɔŋ]; yang juga dikenal sebagai saung-gauk, harpa Burma, atau harpa Myanmar) adalah sebuah harpa yang digunakan dalam musik Burma tradisional. Saung diangkat sebagai instrumen musik nasional di Burma. Saung merupakan harpa tradisional yang sangat kuno dan dikatakan merupakan satu-satunya harpa yang masih ada di Asia.^[1]^[2]

^ Miller, Terry E. and Sean Williams. The Garland handbook of Southeast Asian music. Routledge, 2008. ISBN 0-415-96075-4
^ However the site Harp History site mentions that a similar instrument, called (according to the site) the pin nam tao, whose picture is shown on the site, is played in Thailand today, the main difference being (according to the site) that the Burmese arched harp has 13 strings while the Thai arched harp has 15 strings. (In fact the picture purported to be that of the Burmese arched harp on the site shows an instrument with 16 strings and that of the purported Thai arched harp an instrument with 14 strings )

[1] Miller, Terry E. and Sean Williams. The Garland handbook of Southeast Asian music. Routledge, 2008. ISBN 0-415-96075-4

[2] However the site Harp History site mentions that a similar instrument, called (according to the site) the pin nam tao, whose picture is shown on the site, is played in Thailand today, the main difference being (according to the site) that the Burmese arched harp has 13 strings while the Thai arched harp has 15 strings. (In fact the picture purported to be that of the Burmese arched harp on the site shows an instrument with 16 strings and that of the purported Thai arched harp an instrument with 14 strings )

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