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Classical music was also introduced during the British occupation. Cult folk musician Nick Drake was born in Burma during British rule. Rock music, called stereo in Burmese, has been a popular form of music since the 1980s, having been introduced in the 1960s. [10] Pop music emerged in the 1970s and was banned by state-run radio stations.
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The Myanmar Music Association (MMA; Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဂီတအစည်းအရုံး) is Myanmar's music industry association. The organisation was established in 1952 and consists of 5 divisions: historical traditional music, modern traditional music, contemporary music, production and technical work.
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Traditional folk music is atypical in Southeast Asian music, as it is characterised by sudden shifts in rhythm and melody as well as change in texture and timbre. [8] An instrument unique to Burma is the saung-gauk , [ 7 ] an arched harp that can be traced to pre-Hittite times.
The hne (Burmese: နှဲ)has a sextuple reed (called hnegan), made from the young leaf of the toddy palm, which is soaked for six months. [1]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 (ချူ, chu) hung at the top. [1]
Copy thachin, or simply "copy music" is a genre of music in Myanmar that originates from the early 1980s. It merges the melody and instrumentals of international songs with Burmese vocals. Proponents of copy thachin argue that the style is separate from cover songs due to it having unique vocal arrangements and lyrics.
The Burmese hip hop scene started in the late 1980s with the rapper Myo Kyawt Myaing although songs were plain rapping music rather than typical hip hop. In late 1990s, a Yangon-based four-member crew named Acid started introducing old school hip hop in night clubs of Yangon, and became popular among Yangon's youth.