Pattala

The pattala is a boat-shaped, xylophone-like instrument from Myanmar. It is made up of 24 thin bars (ywet or asan) made of bamboo that are suspended over a resonating chamber. It is usually tuned to what is very close to a diatonic scale. It is an important instrument within hsaing waing ensembles, and within musicalContinue reading “Pattala”