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	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.: Essay: Introduction to the Khaen of Laos
		Khaen come in four types which are differentiated by the amount of tubes (notes); the six-tubed khaen hok, the fourteen-tubed khaen jet, the sixteen-tubed khaen baet, and the eighteen-tubed khaen gao.
		Today there is a new style of khaen music which uses a drum set, electric bass, and singer.* Mawlum singing is still alive and the khaen is still being played as a solo instrument, but it seems that this new style of music appeals to the younger generation.
		The khaen is also gaining popularity as a research instrument for ethnomusicologists, as evidenced by this paper and Dr. Miller: "Interest in ethnomusicology is on the increase in the United States and Europe and slowly penetrating Africa and Asia as well." He continues with a brief discussion of Asian nationalism.
	trfn.clpgh.org /free-reed/essays/khaenlaos.html (2864 words)

	Khaen LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
		The khene (also spelled "khaen", "kaen" and "khen"; Thai: à¹à¸à¸) is a mouth-organ whose pipes are connected with a small, hollowed-out wooden reservoir into which air is blown.
		It is played as a solo instrument, as part of an ensemble, or as an accompaniment to mor lam.
		Khaen Repertories: The Developments of Lao Traditional Music in Northeast Thailand Accessed 13 May 2005.
	www.school-explorer.com /info/Khaen (300 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.: Essays: The Acoustics of the Khaen
		For khaen made in northeastern Thailand the metal traditionally used is the "copper" coinage of Chulalongkorn Rama V, minted around 1900.[1] Figure 2 shows a diagram of typical khaen reeds and a closeup photo of a partially disassembled khaen, showing the mounting of the reeds.
		In the khaen the frequency of reed vibration (pitch) is determined by both the reed and the pipe.
		It should be noted that our experience with the khaen pipes as they came from the instrument has been that the pipes are constructed in such a way that the natural frequency of the reed, the fundamental resonance frequency of the pipe, and the normal playing frequency closely coincide.
	trfn.clpgh.org /free-reed/essays/khaen.html (2904 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. History of Asian Free-Reed Instruments: The Khaen
		The most common khaen is the sixteen-pipe version, called the khaen paat, which is anywhere from two to three and a half feet in length.
		Khaen reeds are made from an alloy of copper and silver and are fitted into the pipe walls inside the hardwood wind chest.
		Another use of the khaen is in the khaen wong, or khaen ensemble.
	www.ksanti.net /free-reed/history/khaen.html (1450 words)

	khaen :: Exotica :: Resourses :: Harmonica World
		The pipes of the khaen are arranged in two rows and extend through both sides of the wind chamber.
		Traditionally the khaen is used to accompany a form of social singing with improvisational elements called Lam.
		The complex note arrangements of the khaen allow for a good player to play a melody, countermelody, chords and rhythm simultaneously, and as such the khaen is perhaps the most versatile instrument of the Asian free-reed family.
	www.us.harmonicaworld.com /catalog/khaen-sp-24.html (222 words)

	Laos - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Laotian music is dominated by its national instrument, the khaen (a type of bamboo pipe).
		Bands typically include a singer/rapper (mor lam) and a khaen player (mor khaen) alongside fiddlers and other musicians.
		Lam saravane is the most popular genre of Laotian music, but ethnic Lao in Thailand have developed an internationally-best selling form called mor lam sing.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Laos (1050 words)

	4aMU2. Acoustics of the khaen: The Laotian free-reed mouth organ. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The khaen is constructed with free reeds mounted in bamboo pipe walls inside a carved wooden windchest.
		For some examples of khaen made in northeastern Thailand, variations in frequency and sound spectrum with blowing pressure have been studied, with both positive and negative blowing pressures considered.
		The relationship between frequency of reed vibration and pipe length has been studied to determine the range of pipe length over which the reed can be made to sound, as well as the amount of frequency shift associated with changes in resonance frequency of the pipe.
	www.auditory.org /asamtgs/asa97pen/4aMU/4aMU2.html (217 words)

	Khaen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Khaen is a musical instrument made from a specific type of bamboo, called mai hey (lost wood).
		The tuning of each tube is done by ear so the pitch are all over the place from khaen to khaen resulting in wide variation as far as musical scale is concerned, so it is very difficult to find two matched khaens exactly alike.
		The group of five, one singer, one khaen, one saw(violin-like), one pin(quitar-like) and one pi(flute-like) from Baan Ponesawaang, recently was invited to perform in Taiwan and Japan.
	home.att.net /~s.skulpone/khan.htm (634 words)

	LaoMusic.NU Nucleus of Lao Music - Khaen contest to be held next week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		THE annual khaen contest will be held on December 13 at the National Culture Hall, the President of the Foundation for Cultural Promotion, Virachit Philaphandeth, said at a press conference on Wednesday.
		Currently, 13 khaen players have applied to the contest committee, five of whom will be selected to compete on December 13.
		He added that during the contest, the 21 khaen players who took part in the welcoming ceremony at the 10th ASEAN Summit would also be invited to perform at the National Culture Hall.
	laomusic.nu /content/view/74/47 (410 words)

	[No title]
		The khaen (pronounced roughly 'cane' and spell qeej transliterated Hmong) is a bamboo and wooden mouth organ found throughout Eastern Asia.
		The most important function of the khaen for the Hmong is during the funeral ceremony when it is played continuously for many days.
		The khaen is also played at the New Year Festival and special occasions.
	www.hmongnet.org /hmong-au/qeej.htm (805 words)

	Iranian Student Alliance in America (ISAA) - A Bravenet.com Forum
		Mossadeg was a khaen, and if the Shahanshah aryamehr would have retained power we would have never seen these days for iran...
		The pahlavis were the true lovers of iran and did everything in their power to modernize and liberate iran.
		Perhaps if we would have remained under british and american influence we would have never come down this path and with the help of the pahlavis we would have been more civilized...
	pub16.bravenet.com /forum/1301581275/fetch/348088 (173 words)

	KHAEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The name khaen (or kaen, khen, khene, etc.) is often applied to many different Southeast Asian mouth organs, but it is most associated with the raft-shaped instruments of Laos and Northeast Thailand.
		The khaen hok has six pipes, the khaen jet has fourteen pipes, the khaen baet has sixteen pipes and the khaen gao has eighteen pipes.
		The khaen is often used in small ensembles and as an accompaniment to vocal music, but there is also an established solo repertoire for the instrument.
	www.patmissin.com /history/khaen.html (325 words)

	Christopher Adler: Thai musics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The instruments on which I have concentrated are the khaen (pronounced "can" and sometimes also transliterated as 'khene'), a bamboo free-reed mouth organ of Lao people from Laos and Northeast Thailand, and the ranaat ek, the principle xylophone of the Thai classical tradition.
		I studied khaen with Molam Ratri Srivilai in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand and Jarernchai Chonpairot in Mahasarakham University, and ranaat ek with Ajarn Panya Roongruang, of Kasetsart University.
		Three of these, the wind blows inside, Three Lai, and Epilogue for a Dark Day, may be heard on my CD Epilogue for a Dark Day.
	www.sandiego.edu /~cadler/thai.html (274 words)

	Free Reed Festival 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		While the accordion and harmonica are the most familiar members of the free reed instrument family, there is actually a long world history of these instruments that stretches back far before the invention of the squeezebox in the 1800s.
		The khaen is a Thai and Laotian instrument, made of bamboo tubes, each with a reed for a different note, played through a central mouthpiece.
		Listen to Eric Seyfarth's journey to hear the khaen and vocal music of Laos in his report for CBC's Global Village.
	www.rootsworld.com /freereed/global.html (242 words)

	Encyclopedia: Classical music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first evidence of Korean music is ancient, and it has been well-documented by surviving written materials since the 15th century.
		Lao sep Nyai music is made of the Khim, So, Khaen, flute and percussion.
		Jump to: navigation, search The Classical period in Western music occurred in a large part of the 18th century, and into the early 19th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/classical-music (991 words)

	Khaen Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Khaen (498 words)

	Khaen from LiveJournal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She was asked to go to Khon Khaen University, a medical school in Thailand, and see a neurologist there.
		Jessica is leaving Monday for Germany and Wonanong leaves May 31st to return to her home of Khon Khaen in Thailand.
		There's a track which is a duet between violin and khaen (a kind of mouth organ) which just blows me away.
	www.ljseek.com /search/Khaen (439 words)

	NOVICA - Bamboo khaen, 'Melodious Panpipes'
		Yodchai Saelor works in bamboo and rain tree wood to craft a beautiful khaen with eight pairs of pipes.
		Although there is no English name for the khaen, it works like a small-scale reed organ with bamboo reeds inside the pipes.
		The khaen can have six, seven, eight or nine pairs...
	www.novica.com /itemdetail/index.cfm?pID=93627 (238 words)

	LaoMusic.NU Nucleus of Lao Music - First Khaen Lao Art Club opens in Vientiane
		During the course, students learned about the history of the Khaen, its importance to the Lao culture and tradition, as well as play a note or two using the Khaen.
		The first time was held in 2003 in conjunction with the 28 th National Day, the 55 th founding anniversary of the Lao People’s Army and the 83 rd birthday of former President Kaisone Phomvihane.
		In 2004, the Khaen competition was held for the second time to celebrate National Day and to welcome other important events.
	laomusic.nu /content/view/163/81 (256 words)

	KHAEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was engaged by the King of Thailand to teach the Princess to play khaen so I had a couple of lessons with him and then got an invite to sit in on his gig in the best hotel in Vientiane, the capitol.
		I also saw the biggest khaen in the world, probably.
		From a day I spent uninvited with the Khaen teacher and his students at an Arts College in Roi Et, Northern Thailand.
	www.bluedesign.freeserve.co.uk /hc/khaen.htm (137 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A one-person wind section, a pipe organ with the intimacy of breath.
		It's called a Khaen, and is played in Laos and Northeastern Thailand.
		This is a 20th Century cousin to the Khaen; a chromatic Chinese Sheng with elaborate keywork.
	www.well.com /user/jaron/myinsts.html (137 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Khaen is probably my favorite mouth organ.
		The exquisite mouth organs of Asia have been copied repeatedly in the west, contributing to the development of the pipe organ and, more recently, the accordion and harmonica.
		Barbara Higbie has forged a playing style on the violin that blends perfectly with the Khaen.
	www.well.com /user/jaron/album.html (2052 words)

	CSFRI: Library: Recordings: Sheng (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Compositions by Christopher Adler, "private" cassette -- contains works for solo khaen and sheng, and for khaen-violin-viola.
		Laos: Lam saravane/Musique pour le khène, Nouthong Phimvilayphone, khaen.
		Harmonia mundi, C 559058 HM 83 (1989)--features the khaen both as a solo instrument and as part of an ensemble.
	web.gc.cuny.edu /freereed/newsite/library/recordings/sheng.html (86 words)

	Laos and Laotians
		Viet Minh was a popular political and military front created by Ho Chi Minh in 1941 to attract patriotic Vietnamese to fight against the French and other foreign powers in Indochina.
		Khaen refers to a bamboo wind instrument, similar to panpipes, played by Laotian boys and men.
		Khun Borom is the legendary ancestor of the Lao, who is said to have descended from heaven.
	www.hawaii.edu /cseas/pubs/laos/laos.html (6680 words)

	Map of Ban Dong Khaen Yai, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Thailand \| Multimap.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Map of Ban Dong Khaen Yai, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Thailand
		Map of Ban Dong Khaen Yai, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Thailand
		These locations are nearest as the crow flies, but may not be nearest by road.
	www.multimap.com /wi/147991.htm (78 words)

	[No title]
		Bamboo panpipes are found among the tribal people in the Philippines while bamboo mouth organs (with wooden or gourd chambers) are common among the hill tribes in mainland Southeast Asia.
		Lowland people in Thailand and Laos are famous for their long bamboo mouth organ, the khaen.
		Indonesians even invented a bamboo "gong": blowing a smaller bamboo tube which is placed inside a bigger one.
	www.niu.edu /cseas/outreach/angklung.html (2027 words)

	Khaotic Khaen by Ken Ishii: Song Music Downloads
		Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "Khaotic Khaen" on album Sleeping Madness.
		Check the albums tab for other downloads from Ken Ishii.
		Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "Khaotic Khaen" on album Sleeping Madness.
	www.mp3.com /tracks/3340727/dl_streams.html (95 words)

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