Tro sau toch

An unnamed tro type instument. Possibilities include the trou sau toch (small tro), tro sau thom (big tro), or the tro che.

The tro sau toch is a Cambodian instrument used in Khmer classical music. It is a two-string verticlal fiddle with a hardwood body. The word toch means "small."

The sound box (a cylinder) can measure 80mm wide by 115mm long, the neck 760mm. Measurements are approximate as the instruments are not standardized.

It is equivalent to the Thai Saw duang.[1]

It is a bowed instrument with a difference from many; rather than run the bow across the strings from the outside, one of the instrument's strings passes inside the bow's hair, between wood and hair.[2] The result is that the bow and strings are intertwined. The bow presses down on one string to play it and pulls upward on the other string to play that one.

References

  1. ↑ Peter Fletcher (2001). World Musics in Context. Oxford University Press. p. 300.
  2. ↑ Khean, Yun; Dorivan, Keo; Lina, Y; Lenna, Mao. Traditional Musical Instruments of Cambodia (PDF). Kingdom of Cambodia: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. p. 59.

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