Skor daey

The skor daey (ស្គរដៃ "hand drum" or "clay drum") is a short goblet drum from Cambodia, approximately 40 centimeters tall and 15 centimeters wide at the top.^[1][2][3] There are two common goblet drums there, the skor chhaiyam (Khmer: ស្គរឆៃយ៉ាំ), a very long goblet drum, resembling some from Burma, and the skor daey.

Goblet drum called skor daey (Khmer: ស្គរដៃ), meaning hand drum. This is the smaller of two Cambodian goblet drums, the larger being called skor chhaiyam (Khmer: ស្គរឆៃយ៉ាំ).

Two instruments being played by Cambodian musicians. The drum is one of the Cambodian goblet drums (skor daey, skor kar, skor arak or another). The fiddle is a tro (either the Tro sau thom or Tro sau toch).

A salesman with goblet drums in Cambodia.

Two drums used in both Cambodia and Thailand. Left is the thon (Thai: โทน). On the right is the ramama (Thai: รำมะนาa).

Alternative spellings in English include skor dai (hand) and skor dei (clay, also alternative in Khmer: ស្គរដី). Other Khmer names included skor arak, skor kar (ស្គរការ), skor ayai (ស្គរអាយ៉ៃ។).^[4] The name skor areak or skor arak or skor aaroksa (Khmer:ស្គរអារក្ស) links this variant to the Arak music it is used to play.^[2] Skor kar linked it to kar boran music for weddings, where two drums are used, representing male and female.^[5] Skor ayai refers to ayai repartee singing, in which a man and woman alternate quick, witty comments or replies back and forth, accompanied by an ensemble.^[5][1] The small goblet drums may also be called skor toch, (Khmer: ស្គរតូច), literally small drum, but that may be a description and not a name.

Another small goblet drum used in Cambodia is the thon, a Thai name: โทน. Compared to the Skor daey, it "has a shallower head and a slimmer body."^[6]

See also

• Music of Cambodia