Paper on the tuning of the Pat Waing by Rolf Bader

Finite-Difference model of mode shape changes of the Myanmar pat wain drum circle using tuning paste Rolf Bader Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 29, 035004 (2016); (Full Published Online: May 2017 Accepted: February 2017) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000450  ABSTRACT The pat wain, a unique drum circle found in Myanmar is investigated in terms of its tuning. The 21 drums are pitched, where tuning is…

Memories of Burmese Rohingya Refugees: Music and Art as Symbols of Identity and Everyday Resistance

Kazi Fahmida Farzi analyses #music as informal #resistance in her “critical analysis of the #Rohingya refugees’ identity building processes and how this is closely linked to the state-building process of Myanmar as well as issues of marginalization, statelessness, forced migration, exile life, and resistance of an ethnic minority. With a focus on the ethnic minority’s…

New: Burmese Sheet Music

In an effort to standardise “Burmese music” making, the Ministry of Union Culture released several notated versions of classical musical pieces.