hne

The earliest extant written occurrence of the word hne dates to 1491 AD and is likely a Middle Mon loan word, derived from sanoy. This sanoy derived from Persian loan word "Shanai".

The hne ({{langx|my|နှဲ}})has a sextuple reed (called hnegan), made from the young leaf of the toddy palm, which is soaked for six months.{{cite journal|last=Okell|first=John|year=1971|title=The Burmese Double-Reed "Nhai"|journal=Asian Music|publisher=University of Texas Press|volume=2|issue=1|pages=25–31|jstor=833810|doi=10.2307/833810}} The body of the hne is made of wood, with a conical bore and seven finger holes at the front, set in a straight line, with a bell ({{lang|my|ချူ}}, chu) hung at the top. It has a flaring metal bell and has a loud tone, and is used in an ensemble together with xylophone, tuned gongs, and tuned drums. There are two distinct forms: the smaller form is called the hne galay ({{lang|my|နှဲကလေး}}), while the larger is called the hne gyi ({{lang|my|နှဲကြီး}}). The former is used for songs in the ordinary key of the diatonic major scale, while the latter is used for grand style songs in the subdominant mode.{{cite journal|author=Khin Zaw|year=1940|title=Burmese Music (A Preliminary Enquiry) |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies|publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies|volume=10|issue=3|pages=738|jstor=608839|doi=10.1017/s0041977x0008873x}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061215065528/http://myanmartravelinformation.com/mti-myanmar-music/hne.htm Hne page]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS80l6Diqyc Hnè video]

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