reel: the bird in the bush played on khaen/ khene

[mishavu]

OMG my head just exploded!! in a good way. I am Asian American and my dad, a refugee from Laos, plays that instrument traditionally and I play Irish fiddle!!! What a good way to bridge the gap between me and my dad! Now, if I can only get my dad to learn some Irish tunes, we could play together!

[blowinbamboo]

@mishavu yea it would be great if you could play Irish tunes with your dad,and jam along with your fiddle to his Lao khene tunes... when you do, post a vid please id love to hear you together, nice fiddlin, your old timy tune is great, id luv to learn a few of those foot stomping tunes,, can you reccomend a tune for me to get going?

[blowinbamboo]

@mishavu yea it would be great if you could play Irish tunes with your dad,and jam along with your fiddle to his Lao khene tunes... when you do, post a vid please id love to hear you together, nice fiddlin, your old timy tune is great, id luv to learn a few of those foot stomping tunes,, can you reccomend a tune for

me to get going?

[mishavu]

@blowinbamboo  A good tune is Liza Jane. I tried to link the youtube video but it wouldn't let me. The owner of the video is bmwood1010 titled Liza Jane.

The young fella on the video, Jimmy Triplett, is a fantastic fiddler.

[Peggy91193]

Brilliant playing! And thank you for introducing us to that unique instrument!

[CharlieRafferty]

Buddy, you'd give any box player a run for their money! I was rockin' in my chair...

[cinderbutte]

Dazzling! I'm greatly impressed. At our home we have one of these instruments, and though I can make fun sounds with it, I had no idea Irish jigs and reels could be performed on it. A combination of some of my favorite music on one of my favorite instruments. A blending of cultures. Splendid.

[mizzentopsail]

My God!!! Do you ever take a breath? Or maybe you have iron lungs?

Wish i had played this instead of the pipes. The neighbors eventually got used to the pipes but this would have brought them to their knees.

Really great.

[Kronsteiner]

I think I met you this year at the Willy Clancy week, I love how you play irish music. Any idea where one can get a Khene in Europe?

[bronxgirltb]

Very cool!

[blowinbamboo]

thanks for all comments so far,,this is a reel ,which means its 4/4 time,, a jig is in 6/8 time.this khene was specially made in the key of G major ,so i can join in sessions.

[Shewwler]

I was in Thailand about eight years ago and visited a village where this instrument was played. I got great video and really enjoyed it. Weird to hear an Irish jig played. Very cool. I liked it. I thought this was called a PENAI or something like that?

[MawlumMawkhaenFarang]

A lot of your songs sound the same.

[pranhu]

He played it in Khene G.. that s why they sound similary. I recommend he should try Khene in different keys such as Bb, A and C

[glorplaxy]

CATTY

[banjofiddlee]

Wow just wow. Would love to see one of these at a session sometime!