Khene

The khaen (; bɛ ni sabiri shɛli "Can" siliminsili ni.mi; Lao: ແຄນ; , , ;   - Ken; Vietnamese: khèn) nyɛla "Lao mouth organ" din papu nima, bɛ ni mali "bamboo" maani shɛli, nyɛla din mali yɔɣu ka bɛ pɔbisiri pɔhim n niŋdi din ni.  khene n-nyɛ Laos tiŋgbani ni binkumda.  khene binkumda be la Lao nima biɛhigu ni ka bɛ biɛhisi kpaŋsiri ni taba ka bɛ daa sabi li yuuni  2017 mpahi "UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" ni. Ban pɛbiri li n-nyɛ Lao Isan zuliya mini  tai zuliya pubu shɛba kamani Tai dam din be  north Vietnam mini Lao niriba ban be Stung Treng ka bɛ lahi pɛbiri li lakhon ken, waa kpɛrigu din wari ni khene ka nyɛ binkumdi doohttp://www.jiras.se/lakhaon2010/kraythong/info.html>; pictures of performance with the instrument can be seen at <http://www.jiras.se/lakhaon2010/kraythong/index.html>Referred to as 'Ken Theatre' or lakhaon ken in <http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001352/135258eb.pdf> Vietnam tiŋgbani ni, lala binkumda ŋɔ nyɛla  Tai nima mini Muong gba ni pɛbiri shɛli.

khene malila mi' shɛli bɛ ni zaŋ "brass" bee "silver" m mali shɛli. Di mini "Western free-reed" binkumda ŋmanila taba kamani harmonium, concertina, accordion, harmonica, n-ti pahi bandoneon, bɛ ni daa yihi shɛli na 18th century Chinese sheng nima sani, binkumda din ŋmani lj, ŋmahinli din daa ʒi n-kpe St. Petersburg, Russia.

khene malila "lai" balibu dibaa anu, bee "pentatonic" nahingbana ni "drone pitches", ka bɛ puli buyi (thang san mini thang yao). Lala thang san pubu ŋɔ n-nyɛ lai sutsanaen (G A C D E), lai po sai (C D F G A), ni lai soi (D E G A B), ka thang yao dini maa mi nyɛ lai yai (A C D E G) ni lai noi (D F G A C). Lai po sai n-nyɛ zaɣi kurili lai sutsanaen ni,  "Lai Khaen nima zaa ba."  Khene nyɛla binkumdi shɛli din ni tooi ŋmɛ di ko (dio khene), kamani deendɛmdiba ni  (kamani wong pong lang mini khene wong), bee ka bɛ bɛ pɛbiri li ni Lao bee Isan yili yiina ko (mor lam). Bɛ tooi ŋmɛrili mi ni kali kalimboo, phin.

Sasabiriba ni sabi din binkumda shɛŋa sɔŋ n-nyɛ Annea Lockwood, Christopher Adler, David Loeb ni Vera Ivanova.

Tuning
khene malila kumsi buyopɔin, ka falinsi din be di sunsuuni ŋmani "Western diatonic natural A-minor scale": A, B, C, D, E, F, ni G. A khene ni tooi mali ni saafe shɛli amaa di ku tooi kum mia maa yi kpɛhi naai ka  papu nim maa ŋmahi.

Balibu
khene nyɛla din mali balibu pam:
Khaen hok (แคนหก, hok meaning "six") -  khaen bihi din mali papu nima pia ni ayi din be laai dibaa ayi ni, kulisi dibaa ayɔbu ni: ka bihi bee ban na bɔhindi gbiri li bee ka bɛ kɔhiri tiri ninlihi lihiriba
Khaen jet (แคนเจ็ด, jet din gbuni nyɛ "ayopɔin") -  khaen din dii bi galisi ka mali papu nima pia ni anahi din be kulisi ayopɔin ni
Khaen pet (แคนแปด, pet din gbunni nyɛ  "anii ") -  khaen ka mali papu nima pia ni ayɔbu din be kulisi anii ni; bɛ ni tooi zooi shɛli pɛbbu
Khaen gao (แคนเก้า, gao din gbunni nyɛ "awɔi") - khaen din mali papu pia ni anii ka be kuli awɔi ni; di tooi zooi la zaɣi waɣila
Khaen sip (แคนสิบ, sip din gbunni nyɛ "pia") - khaen paet balishɛli; bɛ dii bi tooi zooi li pɛbbu

Outside Southeast Asia
United States, khaen baŋdi biŋ nyɛla zom,  Laotian-bɛ ni dɔɣi so niŋ di pɛbbu ni, Bounseung Synanonh.  Master Synanonh pili la khaen pɛbbu o yuun pia ni ayi ni ka o nina daa fa o yuun pia ni anu ni. Master Synanonh daa nyɛla ŋun yi n labi U.S. ka nyɛ yaakoro nira 1980s.  Yuuni 1987, o daa dɛm President Reagan, White House.  O da lahi niŋ yila ni World Music Institute, Terry Miller daretibu puuni, dunia "ethnomusicologist" ŋun yuli du. Yuuni 2007, o da chaŋ ya ti dɛm Smithsonian Folklife Festival ni Washington, D.C.  Thailand tiŋgbani ni, virtuoso khaen baŋdiba puuni yino n-nyɛ zom ŋun nyɛ yiliyiina, Sombat Simla. Binkumda ŋɔ lahi nyɛla ban pa Asian deendɛmdiba suhu ni yu shɛki, n-ti tabili University of San Diego baŋdi biŋ, Christopher Adler, ŋun daa ti ŋmɛ binkumda n-ti li; Siliminsili yiliyiina,Clive Bell (UK); Vancouver-yiliyiina ni binkumdi ŋmɛra Randy Raine-Reusch (Canada), ŋun daa pɛbi  khaen Aerosmith's Pump (1989), Cranberries' To the Faithful Departed (1996), ni Yes's The Ladder (1999); n-ti pahi Jaron Lanier (United States). Tum 21st century,  California-dɔɣibu khaen pɛbira Jonny Olsen nyɛla din nyɛ yuli Laos mini Thailand ka di nyɛla din dɛm la Thai mini Lao TV dɛma ni Thailand, U.S. Olsen n-nyɛ tuuli tiŋ'duli nira ŋun di  "khaen championship"  Khon Kaen, Thailand yuuni 2005. Stephen Molyneux (United States) nyɛla ŋun ŋmɛ khaen o yilli ni The Arbitrary State (2010), The Stars Are the Light Show (2012), Wings and Circles (2016). Molyneux da la khaen  Bangkok yuuni 2010 dini daa niŋ ka o suhu lu lala binkumda ŋɔ ni o ni da gɔri chani Laos mini Thailand.

Lihi pahi
 Water organ
 Sompoton
 Ploong
 Sheng (instrument)
 Lusheng
 Gourd mouth organ

Noosi

Bibliography
 Miller, Terry E.  Traditional Music of the Lao: Kaen Playing and Mawlum Singing in Northeast Thailand (1985).  Contributions in Intercultural and Comparative Studies, no. 13.  Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
 Miller, Terry E.  An Introduction to Playing the Kaen (1980).  Kent, Ohio:  Terry E. Miller.
 Lilly, Joseph An Introduction to the Khaen of Laos:The Free-Reed Journal Articles and Essays Featuring Classical Free-Reed Instruments and Performers

External links
Educational Video about Khaen What is the khaen and how it is played
Khaen Baet and Khaen Hok
Khaen Repertories: The Developments of Lao Traditional Music in Northeast Thailand  Accessed 13 May 2005.
Audio samples
Traditional Music and Songs in Laos: The Voice of the Lao Khen 
Art of the States: khaen Three contemporary American works featuring the instrument
Jaron Lanier using his invented style of playing, extraordinary.

Category:Bamboo musical instruments
Category:Laotian musical instruments
Category:Thai musical instruments
Category:Mor lam
Category:Sets of free reeds
Category:Mouth organs