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The resonator fiddle comes in two forms: with a cylindrical bamboo body or a flat wooden body. The one in this picture is played by the Tampuon of the Banlung region (Ratanakiri). It is called kaneu or kaney. The fingerboards are carved into the structure of the neck. It has a steel string (the strand of a bicycle brake cable) and two resonators, one made of gourd, the other made of a section of bamboo on which a plastic film is stretched. From the center of this membrane comes a taut wire, connected to the base of the play rope. This ingenious device is acoustically very effective, relegating the gourd to the rank of a decorative object! The rope is rubbed with a bamboo bow, without hair, coated with vegetable resin.
Leun Chuong village on December 26, 2010.
Musician: Prenhs Kham, 31 years old.
L'instrument est fait d'un corps de bambou emmanché dans un pied en bois. Il possède deux résonateurs : une calebasse et un tube métallique avec une extrémité recouverte d'une membrane de plastique.
Yaklom Lake Museum, Banlung, March 2012.
La vièle kaneu est intégrée à un ensemble de douze gongs. Le résonateur additionnel, réalisé avec une boîte de conserve en fer, démontre toute son efficacité face aux puissants gongs. Cet ensemble se produit désormais lors de manifestations folkloriques.