| Description |
In Myanmar era 1265, the player of drum circle played not only six drums set and Si To but also Sa Khun’. The sound of Sakhun is loud and it is associated with six drums set so that cymbals is added playing with it. In the player of six drums set, Sakhun is played in a manner of the Pa’Ma with stopper music or breaking music. Sakhun is made of Padauk wood or the rain tree (Kokka). The Padauk wood has to be made a hollow that covered with tough ox hide. Sakhun is a doubled–headed drum on a stand which appeared together with Pa’ Ma, the big drum of the Myanmar orchestra. It has the feminine side (left) and male side(right). Both two sides stick with Pa’ Sa (paste of rice kneaded wood-ash used for tuning drums). It contains six drums set. In Myanmar drum circle , it seems to start using when the rhythmic percussion drums of Myanmar orchestra appeared.
-11 inches in a diameter of the feminine head
-8 inches in a diameter of the male head
-18.5 inches in the horizontal of sakhun
The feminine side has “basic note”, the male side has “fourth note”(G note of western music). Sometimes no tuning dough is added the male side but tuning dough is added when the male side of ox hide is hard. |
