Tro (instrument)

Tro (instrument)

Infobox Instrument
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classification=
*Bowed string instrument
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related=
* Huqin

"Tro" is the generic name for traditional bowed string instruments in Cambodia.

Instruments in this family include the two-stringed "tro u", "tro sau toch", "tro sau thom", and "tro che", as well as the three-stringed "tro Khmer" spike fiddle.

ee also

*Traditional Cambodian musical instruments
*Music of Cambodia
*Huqin


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