Khim Plous

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Khim Plous (means-the twin Khim) is a newer version of Khmer stringed instrument which has development after Takhe Plous. It was invented by Bophavann Chetha Oudom with the ideas of his father, Sak Bophavann, in 2012. There are steel strings and bridges on the both sides (above and below) of Khim Plous. There are two rows of 8 bridges for Khmer pitched scale on a side and two rows of 12 bridges for Western pitched scale with haft notes (b & #) on the other side. The rows of bridges made of wood with the bone above them.

Takhe Kot

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Takhe Kot (means-the bowed Takhe) is a newer version of Khmer bowed stringed musical instrument which has development and is now modern than other Khmer traditional musical instruments. It was invented by Sak Bophavann and including with the idea of H.E Hun Sarin in 2011. The original shape of Takhe Kot is from the shape of the former Takhe but Takhe Kot is pretty smaller than and it is a bit hollow on the body for bowing. 

The History of Takhe Kot

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 By Sak Bophavann

In 2010, while I was inventing Takhe Plous, there is my student named Phon Chanthy who lives in Kampong Chhnang Province, researching to make a small loudspeaker. He interested in cicada; it is small but why it can sing loudly and melodiously. After the examination on cicada he knew that the sound is not from its mouth but from its wings which touch each other lightly and because of a hole in its body only. Meanwhile I remembered that Takhe is a musical instrument which its shape is like that of a crocodile, so that we also can make a musical instrument which shaped like a cicada too.

Takhe Plous

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Takhe Plous (means-the twin Takhe) is a newer version of Khmer musical instrument which has development and is now more modern than other Khmer traditional musical instruments. It was invented by Sak Bophvann in 2011. The origin of Takhe Plous is the merging of the former three strings Takhe and the chromatic scale four strings Takhe. (The chromatic scale four strings Takhe was invented by Sak Bophavann in 2010)

The History of Takhe Plous

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By Sak Bophavann

Antioch Institute (Inter-cultural) has multiplied my mind to love Khmer musical instruments. After I had received bachelor degree of Inter-Cultural (2007), I founded a group to study Khmer traditional instruments. Every member of my group chose instrument to study already and remained the Takhe for me. I called an instructor, Thea, who was a student of the secondary school of fine arts, to teach my group.
Two months that I was learning Takhe, I found that it is difficult to study and impossible to play as plenty as the modern instruments can. Most of the songs that it can play are traditional songs because it does not have flat and sharp (# & b).