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Aerophone made from an ox horn or water buffalo horn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sneng or snaeng (Khmer: ស្នែង, "horn") is an aerophone made from an ox horn or water buffalo horn. It is loud enough to call across a distance and has been used in rural environments to signal mealtimes, give warning, call for help or indicate a need to return to the village. It was also used to call domestic elephants in from the field, and hunters communicated with it.[1]
![]() A side-blown Cambodian musical instrument called a Sneng ស្នែង, made from a cow's horn, sits in front of an end-blown sneng, made from a water buffalo horn. The side-blown instrument's mouthpiece is visible on the side of the horn. | |
Other names | saamleng sneng |
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Classification |
side-blown: woodwind end-blown: brass |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | side-blown: 422.33 end-blown: 423.121.21 (side-blown: horns with free reed end-blown: labrosones with curved tubes without mouthpiece) |
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Two different types of sneng exist: