Chapei dong veng

The Chapei Dong Veng (Khmer: ចាប៉ីដងវែង) or chapey (ចាប៉ី) is a Cambodian two-stringed, long-necked guitar that is usually plucked. It has two double courses of nylon strings.[1][2] The top and bottom strings are typically tuned to G and C respectively, with the 12 frets having notes 1 D, 2 E, 3 F, 4 G, 5 A, 6 B, 7 C, 8 D, 9 E, 10 F, 11 G, 12 A.

Portrait of a girl with a chapey, 1880. She was a musician at the Cambodian Royal Palace, where the picture was taken.
Kong Nay playing the chapei dong veng, Phnom Penh, 2007

References
  1. "South East Asia". ATLAS of Plucked Instruments. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  2. "The Stringed Instrument Database". Archived from the original on 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2016-05-13.

See also
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