Foreign listeners recognize familiar timbres - piano, violin, mandolin, Hawaiian slide guitar, Chinese lute (byat saun), concertina, euphonium, banjo, trombone -and delight in a totally new character ...

What is Burmese music like? To ears accustomed only ... Since we do not have the chromatic scale, our music may sound a bit flat to Westerners. Another basic point of difference is its essentially ...