Folk Music Tradition of Burma

The Burmese music include a change of folk traditions, a different way  known as the byaw is often played at the religious festival and is sung to the beat of a long and thin percuss with occasional interruptions by the beating of a larger percuss.

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The traditional folk collection, have typically been used in the nat pwe, Burmese theatre and art, and the festival is known as the hsaing waing. While, its origin is unknown, it is assumed to have come from the Ayuthaya kingdom, or in least been heavily powered by the Ayuthaya gong and percuss collections in the 18^th century through repeated attacks by the Konbaung dynasty and has several resemblance  to other Southeast Asian collections. The ensemble is made up of series of percuss and gongs, which include the centrepieces that are the hne (double reed pipe) and pat waing o hsaing wan (set of 21 tuned drums in a circle). Other instruments in this collection include the kyi waing (small bronze gongs in a circle frame) and maung hsaing (a larger bronze gongs in a rectangular frame) as well as the si and wa (which is bell and clapper) and the current addition of the chauk lone bat (a group of six percuss which have gained currency since the early 20^th century). Hsaing waing music however, is common in Southeast Asian music characterized by sudden shifts in rhythms and melody as well as change in surface and timbre.