Sralai

The sralai (Khmer: ស្រឡៃ) is a wind instrument used in the pinpeat of Cambodia. Its quadruple reed is made of palm leaf, and its body has a slightly conical bore. Its cousin, the Western oboe, has a double reed and a conical bore. The pinpeat instruments tune to the sralai's pitch, and the player must learn circular breathing to play continuously without stopping for breath. The sralai is very similar in construction and playing technique to the Thai pi.

External links

Sralai "oboe" page from Cambodian with Dr. Sam-Ang Sam, Ethnomusicology OnLine

Audio

Sralai audio

Traditional Cambodian musical instruments

Xylophones	Roneat ek Roneat dek Roneat thung Roneat thong

Gong chimes	Kong toch Kong thom

Drums	Samphor Skor arak Skor thom Skor chhaiyam Skor yike

Fiddles	Tro Khmer Tro sau toch Tro sau thom Tro u Tro che

Zithers and plucked lutes	Khim Krapeu Chapei dong veng Kse diev

Flutes	Khloy Khloy ek Khloy thom

Oboes and free reed pipes	Sralai Kaen Ploy Pey ar Pey pok Sralai toch Sralai thom Angkouch

Other	Kong mong Saing Slek

Double reed instruments

(also includes those with quadruple and sextuple reeds; does not include bagpipes)

European classical (modern)	Piccolo oboe Piccolo heckelphone Oboe Oboe d'amore Cor anglais (English horn) Bass oboe Heckelphone Lupophon Contrabass oboe Tenoroon Bassoon Semi contrabassoon Contrabassoon Contraforte Contrabassophone Reed contrabass Sarrusophone Rothphone Tromboon

European classical (historical)	Aulos Baroque oboe Bassanello Cornamuse Cromorne Crumhorn Dulcian Hirtenschalmei Kortholt Oboe da caccia Pommer Rackett Rauschpfeife Shawm

African traditional	Algaita Rhaita Zukra

Asian traditional	Balaban Duduk Guan Gyaling Hichiriki Hne Kèn Kèn bầu Kèn đám ma Kuzhal Mizmar Nadaswaram Ottu Pi Piri Shehnai Sundari Sorna Sralai Suona Taepyeongso Tangmuri Zurna/Surnai

European traditional	Aulos Bifora Birbynė Bombard Catalan shawm Dulzaina Graïle Gralla Musette Piffero Sopila Tárogató Zurla Surma-horn

American traditional	Chirimía Trompeta china

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