Khene

Quick meaning: Khene is a noun meaning (music) A traditional musical instrument of Laos, being a type of bamboo mouth organ.

Meaning

(music) A traditional musical instrument of Laos, being a type of bamboo mouth organ.

Example Sentences

The khene was once used to call warriors to fight. Now it is used for ceremonies.

There are processions led by dancers with castanets and accompanied by musicians playing the Kène.

I then suggested that he should play a tune on the khène while I improvised an accompaniment on the ukelele.

The Lao khaen, however, is the most sophisticated of all the bamboo mouth organs – it takes great skill to play it properly.

Word Forms

• khenes
• khen

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include khen, khaen, lusheng, khloy, khlui, kouxian.

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