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Khaen - Score Only
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Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1635882
Composed by Viskamol Chaiwanichsiri. This edition: pdf, streaming. 21st Century, Contemporary, Contest, Festival, Folk, Multicultural, World. 48 pages. Viskamol Music #1203739. Published by Viskamol Music (A0.1635882).
Khaen is a bamboo free-reed mouth organ from Northeast Thailand and Laos, deeply rooted in the region’s musical heritage. This composition brings the Khaen’s distinctive timbre—drone-like textures and rhythmic ostinatos—into the wind ensemble setting, blending Southeast Asian traditions with Western instrumentation.
Structured in multiple contrasting sections, the piece highlights the essential characteristics of the Khaen: resonant open chords that evoke its rich harmonics, lively ostinato figures inspired by traditional accompaniment patterns, energetic dance-like passages, and a lyrical, nostalgic slow section. Each segment explores a different facet of the instrument’s expressive range through different musical textures by the ensemble.
Building towards its climax, the piece culminates in an explosive, high-energy dance, driving forward with rhythmic intensity!
2024 Recipient of the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association
James E. Croft Grant for Young and Emerging Wind Band Composers
Awarded in memory of Robert M. Carnochan.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
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Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1635882
Composed by Viskamol Chaiwanichsiri. This edition: pdf, streaming. 21st Century, Contemporary, Contest, Festival, Folk, Multicultural, World. 48 pages. Viskamol Music #1203739. Published by Viskamol Music (A0.1635882).
Khaen is a bamboo free-reed mouth organ from Northeast Thailand and Laos, deeply rooted in the region’s musical heritage. This composition brings the Khaen’s distinctive timbre—drone-like textures and rhythmic ostinatos—into the wind ensemble setting, blending Southeast Asian traditions with Western instrumentation.
Structured in multiple contrasting sections, the piece highlights the essential characteristics of the Khaen: resonant open chords that evoke its rich harmonics, lively ostinato figures inspired by traditional accompaniment patterns, energetic dance-like passages, and a lyrical, nostalgic slow section. Each segment explores a different facet of the instrument’s expressive range through different musical textures by the ensemble.
Building towards its climax, the piece culminates in an explosive, high-energy dance, driving forward with rhythmic intensity!
2024 Recipient of the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association
James E. Croft Grant for Young and Emerging Wind Band Composers
Awarded in memory of Robert M. Carnochan.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
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