Tain Taman, well known Myanmar song, Myanmar piano music by Sandaya Aung Win

"Tain Taman" is a well known Myanmar song, written by Maung Maung Latt. Sandaya Hla Htut sang this song at Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS) round about 1970 and it became a famous Myanmar Radio song. Sandaya Aung Win played in piano-alone version for amateur singers to promote Myanmar Music. The music product from Sing-with-me program by Sandaya Aung Win is free for individual use. Any commercial use is not allowed.

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• myanmar music
• myanmar song
• myanmar pianist
• myanmar musician
• burmese music

[KMYIN1000]

Nice playing but the myanmar way of piano playing.But his piano music, not only to the westerners, but also to the modern eastern musicians, Chinese , Japanese etc will sound devoid of harmony. I also have experience that my friends remarked that the myanmar piano music is played with one hand only. Because only the melody line is played and no left hand harmony nor chords.

[pianist1501]

@KMYIN1000

I also like to play myanmar songs with harmony and left hand accompaniment. But there are no printed music with harmonisation available. Maybe Saya Sandaya Aung Win should arrange myanmar songs with western style harmonisation and publish the score so that not only myanmars but also foreigners can play and appreciate the myanmar music. The way it is played today by myanmar pianists - single melody line- the foreign musicians will not regard it as proper or right way of piano playing.

[ngazinyine]

Why should music always be harmonized? There are a lot of western music which are not harmonized. If you want to listen harmonized go to elementary music school. The beginners there play very good harmonized music. ;)

[maryjoemontana]

So lovely!

[yingiho]

@BunnyKaboom can't agree more. I'm so into myanmar piano, it's meant to sound like playing patalla.

[BunnyKaboom]

On a side note, it's pretty pathetic that some people like to make assumptions about others that they don't even know and based on those (wrong) assumptions, they make accusations and inaccurate conclusions. (in other words, nonsense)

This is understandable since it is commonly found in those that lack confidence, self-esteem and capability to think.

I do not take any offense in below comments said to me, simply because they're untrue and don't apply to me at all. Cheers, everybody! =)

[BunnyKaboom]

If myanmar piano music is harmonized, it can no longer be called "pure myanmar music". It would become a cross-breed western myanmar music. And if that gets presented to non-myanmar music audience, no one can claim it as myanmar music because it is not. It's like you want apples to taste like oranges, so you plant apple seed and orange seed together. That's fine, it's an innovation, totally acceptable. But the product is neither pure apple nor orange. It's a cross-bred fruit. Same analogy here.

[tyftmusic]

@pianist1501 As I said, SAW has played before in different styles. But depends on songs. I video taped while he was playing in 3 different styles of Tain Ta Man last weekend. One has to come up with better or same results. So far this one is the best out of different pianists' performance. How about SAW's piano together with Orchestra to lift up his melody lines. Allow us 3 weeks, after current projects done. Thank you for your comments..2bContinued

[pianist1501]

@BunnyKaboom

My assumption is that you accept most western inventions including the piano- but piano to be played like a pattala. I myself would like as I said on previous comments that while we should have this traditional style, we should also have another style wth harmony. Myanmar pianists should be conversant with both ways. I,am sure Ko Aung Win can play piano with harmony as well. If he does,for some Myanmars,it might be like the saying- kywe par saung tee

( playing harp to a bull).

[pianist1501]

@BunnyKaboom

Because our goverment wants to keep people narrow-minded lots of people like you remain insular to new ideas. You make me laugh with your lack of open-mindedness. Just like old traditionalists who criticised Sandaya Mg Ko Ko for his non-traditional piano accompaniment to Yamonar, Hlat pan khwe nye ect.

[pianist1501]

@BunnyKaboom

I wear longyi at home. You know full well what i mean- in public in NY. You can just continue to piano played like a pattala. Better still- just listen to pattala- there are more traditionalists than you who think that piano should not be used for myanmar music. Since I like myanmar music I want music to be appreciated by foreigners- only by harmonising the piano playing we will achieve it. You were the one making assumption that the foreign audience like our piano music.

[BunnyKaboom]

@pianist1501, @KMYIN1000

Since you both like to "modernize" myanmar music and other aspects and since you both gave me great laughs from reading all your comments and replies, I would like to thank you by extending an invitation to visit me in NYC (New York City). I will honor you with "modernized myanmar mohinga"; it'll be a combination of myanmar fish broth with clam chowder. As a tradition lover, I'm content with the original version. bye now! :) got more important things to do with life :)