Sneng

Aerophone made from an ox horn or water buffalo horn

Sneng ស្នែង

A side-blown Cambodian musical instrument called a Sneng ស្នែង, made from a cow's horn, sits in front of an end-blown sneng, made from a water buffalo horn. The side-blown instrument's mouthpiece is visible on the side of the horn.

Other names| saamleng sneng
Classification|  side-blown: woodwind
end-blown: brass
Hornbostel–Sachs classification| side-blown: 422.33
end-blown: 423.121.21
(side-blown: horns with free reed
end-blown: labrosones with curved tubes without mouthpiece)
Related instruments

* Abeng (Maroon people) (Jamaica)
* Gweh (Karen people)
* Koy (Thailand)
* Kwai (Myanmar))
* Pepa (Assam)
* Pung Sing Nepal
* Tơ đjếp (Vietnam)

A side-blown sneng plays, demonstrating the multiple tones possible from the instrument. Side blown instruments may have two fingerholes, one on each end of the instrument. End-blown instruments have no fingerholes and only one note.

The sneng or snaeng (Khmer: ស្នែង, "horn") is an aerophone made from an ox horn or water buffalo horn. It is loud enough to call across a distance and has been used in rural environments to signal mealtimes, give warning, call for help or indicate a need to return to the village. It was also used to call domestic elephants in from the field, and hunters communicated with it.[1]

Two different types of sneng exist:

* The more common one is a side-blown instrument with a rectangular hole on the side of the horn, where a bamboo single-free-reed mouthpiece is fastened with wax.[1][2] The reed there can be either blown or sucked to produce a tone.[1] Both ends of the horn are open and function as finger holes to change the pitch,[1] the pointed end covered by the left index finger and the wide end covered by the right palm.[2] This type is capable of two notes, tuned a fourth apart.[1]
* Another type is an end-blown instrument with the tip of the horn cut off and without the bamboo mouthpiece, like the conventional blowing horn. It is less common because it produces only one note.[2]

## See also[edit]

* Abeng a similar side-blown horn in Jamaica
* Tơ đjếp The Vietnamese version of the instrument

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Sam-Ang, Sam (2008). "The Khmer People of Cambodia". In Miller, Terry E.; Williams, Sean (eds.). The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music. New York, US: Taylor & Francis. p. 97\. ISBN 9781135901547.
2. ^ a b c Khean, Yun; Dorivan, Keo; Lina, Y; Lenna, Mao (2003). Traditional Musical Instruments of Cambodia (PDF) (2nd ed.). Kingdom of Cambodia: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. p. 134.

## External links[edit]

* Sneng playing, with the side-blown free-reed sneng in the center and the end-blown snengs in the background
* Cambodian concert, begins with Sneng solo. Two two finderholes are 1) under the player's left forefinger, and 2 the large hole under his right hand.
* Sneng solo
* Koy horn (Thailand) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
* Kwai horn (Myanmar) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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