Sources of musical culture of Khmer, formings of their classic musical system, tool ascend to deep antiquity (orchestra, and also separate instruments are represented on the bas-reliefs of ancient temples of Angkora). Attaining a bloom in the period of Angkorskaya, the Khmer classic musical system was saved almost in an unchanging kind.
Music of Khmer is based on pentatonic. Its structure is determined by a rhythm, therefore a main place in an orchestra belongs to the shock instruments - drums (sampkho, chkhayyam), double kettle-drums (sko-tkhom), scanning the rhythm of dances, songs, and the dulcimers, gongs, "singing" accompaniment.
Melody is conducted by an oboe (pey o, pey-pok, pra pey) or reed flute (kkhloy).

Most ancient monuments of art are the ornamented ceramics of neolith, bronze wares of middle 1st thousand B.C. In 6 c. in Angkor-Boreas and in 7 c. in Sambor-Prey-Kuk temples (prasats) were built.
It was rectangular in a plan brick towers, dismembered by pilasters and crowned a pyramid from false floors. Softly and the generalized designed statues of 6 c. arose up under Indian influence. Slender, elegant, complete of live and at the same time stately statues of 7-8 cc. are more original.In 9 c. there was a type of ensemble from prasats and subsidiary buildings, surrounded fence (with the pavilions-gate of "gopura"), and later also by galleries and ductings (Prakh-ko in Roluose, 9 с.; Banteay-Srey, 10 с.).