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===Cambodian music=== The [[angkuoch]] (Khmer: {{Lang|km|α’αααα½α }}) is a Cambodian Jew's harp.<ref name=jewsharp>{{cite web|url= https://mouthmusic.com/trumps.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19990908054109/http://www.mouthmusic.com/trumps.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 8, 1999|title= Cambodian Bamboo Jew's Harps|last= Poss|first= M.D.|website=Mouthmusic.com|access-date= 27 October 2018|quote= ... these bamboo Jew's harps are easy to hold and may be longer lasting due to being made of thicker material than many other similar instruments. Held against the lips, they are easy to play and offer the same full, percussive sound as the "Kubings."}}</ref> It is a folk instrument made of bamboo and carved into a long, flat shape with a hole in the center and the tongue across the hole.<ref name=unesco>{{cite book |last1= Khean|first1=Yun |last2= Dorivan|first2= Keo|last3= Lina |first3= Y|last4= Lenna|first4= Mao|title= Traditional Musical Instruments of Cambodia|url= http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001352/135257mb.pdf|location= Kingdom of Cambodia|publisher= United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|pages= 146β147 }}</ref> There is also a metal variety, more round or tree-leaf shaped.<ref name=unesco/> It may also have metal bells attached.<ref name=unesco/> The instrument is both a wind instrument and percussion instrument.<ref name=jewsharp/><ref name=unesco/> As a wind instrument, it is placed against the mouth, which acts as a resonator and tool to alter the sound.<ref name=unesco/> Although mainly a folk instrument, better-made examples exist.<ref name=unesco/> While the instrument was thought to be the invention of children herding cattle, it is sometimes used in public performance, to accompany the [[Mahori]] music in public dancing.<ref name=unesco/>
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