Byaw- Myanmar traditional orchestral music-with images of Bagan Temples

This is the traditional Burmese Myanmar Orchestra ( Saing Waing) playing Byaw which is usually played in religious ceremonies.
If I remember it correctly it was composed by minister-poet-musician Wungyi Padetha Raza ( 1046-1116 Myanmar era) when he heared the Thabyuthi fruits falling onto the river. So this music is about 300 years old and it was passed from one musician to another througout the ages since Burma has no written musical notation.The prominent percussion throughout the music represents the sound of the fruits falling into the river. The melodic line is played by Hne, the Burmese traditional Obe-like wind instrument. The accompaniment is mainly percussion instruments like a serie of drums and a serie of metallic percussion instruments set in the circle , as well as big drums and other percussion instruments.

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• Byaw-
• Myanmar
• traditional
• orchestral
• music-Bagan
• Temples-Burmese
• saing
• waing

[pianistmark1121]

Nice Instrumentation and beautiful images. ( ", )

[zrshwe]

@pianistmark1121

Thanks. If you can, please visit Bagan in central Myanmar with thousands of temples that dated from 11 th century AD. Lots of global travellers said that the most beautiful sunset occurs in Bagan.

When Princess Anne went to Myanmar she visited Bagan and then on the bank of river Irrawady she watched the BEAUTIFUL sunset of Bagan.

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[zechlas]

+++wunderful pictures+++

[SuuChitThu]

Thanks for sharing, Sayar. Beautiful photos with traditional music match nicely.

[zrshwe]

@MISTERMORNE

The music by the minimalists such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Arvo Part can be mesmerising. Although the music is repetitive, it is not the same but the change is very minimal each time it is repeated. So the music is changing continuously although very minimal. I can still remember the first time I heard the minimalist opera by Philip Glass called Satyragaha- some arias are really hauntingly beautiful. And I am sure you would like Arvo Part's minimalist music on youtube.

[MISTERMORNE]

@zrshwe I find any form of repetitive music can become tiresome after a while, even baroque could be, it depends on how the composer used repetition On th other hand, 1 can listen to the sea for hours, so repetitiveness is everywhere, even in nature and most of us LOVE the constant sounds of nature, I guess it depends on the pitch and the rhythm. I actually prefer music like Rachmaninoff's piano concerts for the fact that it is detailed and complex. But to some even that might sound repetitive

[zrshwe]

@HKshipsForTeresaTeng

If you have been to Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City and have seen Michael Angelo's frescoes, you can imagine the frescoes IN Bagan temple. Some of the well preserved frescoes filling all the walls like in

Gu Pyauk Kyi pagoda will take your breath away. Sadly a lot of frescoes are in a state of decay and they need urgent resoration work .

[zrshwe]

@HKshipsForTeresaTeng

Thanks for your comment. The pictures are all from Bagan temples that dated all from the 11th century and there are thousands of pagodas and temples in Bagan. Everywhere you look you will see temples and pagodas in Bagan and some of them have wonderful frescos. In some temples all the walls have beautiful frescoes.

It is well wort visiting Bagan which is in central Myanmar, the capital during the Bagan dynasty. Also the most beautiful sunset in the world occurs Bagan.

[zrshwe]

@MISTERMORNE

Thanks. I used to live in Rangoon near a monastery and almost every morning at dawn I could hear this being played in the monastery. I myself find this music haunting and beautiful, but this music is part of me after hearing thisoften in my formative years. I can understand that it might sound too alien to western ears. Repetitiveness in music I love it. The repetitive music of minimalists like John Adams ect I find it haunting . I am sure you like the sequencing in baroque music.

[MISTERMORNE]

To me it was not so entertaining as music that we are otherwise used to, but I can appreciate that this probably has an immense spiritual value. In short, however, I think experiencing this music live has greater value than listening to it on a computer - this music must be experienced with the real vibe and rhythm- not so much on a computer with little speakers like mine.