| Description |
The diameters of the face is 7 inches , the diameters of bottom face is 4.5 inches and height is 32 inches . About 9 inches from the oneside of the face which is struck is smooth but the body is a dome shape and it is smoothly line to the bottom. In some regions, Boun daun are the straight part from top to bottom and there is no dome shape. Boun daun is strange shape among the other leather instruments. The head of Boun daun is small but the length is long. It can be struck one side of the face. It must hang and stand not only at the mast but also at the rope string to be played.
The Boun daung is played together with big gong, brass gong(Keyi Waing), big oboe(Hne), small oboe , small cymbals (Lingwin) and long drum(Byaw). Today , the band of Boun daun is also called band of Naji: in the region of central Myanmar. It can be struck with two sticks. Normally, it is struck to produce the sound of palou’ tou’ tou’. It can be played continuously to be melodious and joyful. It is a kind of drum which can stand and there is no tuning dough on the drum-headed that must be beaten with the two sticks. |
