Chrieng Brunh ( Northern Khmer: เจรียงเบริญ ) is a type of Khmer vocal music or

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recitative practiced by the Khmers indigenous to

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. From the Khmer words ''charieng'', meaning "song" and ''brunh'' referring to the particular rhythm, it is also sometimes transliterated as ''jarieng be-rin'' or similar variations. ''Chrieng brunh'' may be sung by an individual or as a duet by a man and a woman singing alternating verses. Although this type of folk music can be performed

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, it is often accompanied by the khaen. Ethnic Thai's sometime make comparisons to the Lao

mor lam Mor lam (Lao language, Lao: ໝໍລຳ; Isan language, Isan: หมอลำ ; , , ) is a traditional Culture of Laos, Lao form of song, song originating in Laos that is also popular in Isan, where the majority of the population is ethnic Lao. ...

, but linguist Christian Bauer has written that ''chrieng brunh'' is not an adaptation of other kinds of music in Northeast Thailand but is a traditional form of Khmer music.Bauer, Christian. 1989. "Khmer epic recitatives inherited forms or adaptation?" ''Journal of Language and Culture'' 8.1:60–89.Bauer, Christian. 1990. "Khmer epic recitatives inherited forms or adaptation? Part II." ''Journal of Language and Culture'' 9.1:107–130

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