Capital:

Bangkok

Largest City:
Bangkok
Official Language:
Thai or Siamese

Official Religion:
Theravada
Buddhism
National Anthem:
Phleng Chat Thai
“Thai National Anthem”

Royal Anthem:
Sansoen Phra Barami
“Glorify His Prestige”
 is officially the
Kingdom of
Thailand
 formerly known
as Siam
 is known for being
the sole nation in
Southeast Asia that
has never been ruled
by a Western power
 is also called “Muang
Thai”, which means
“Land of the Free”
 is the capital and
the most
populous city of
Thailand
Thai Music
 is theoretically based
on the five-tone or
seven-tone scale
system
Thai Music
 is used in royal
courts, dance,
theater, and in
ceremonies
Thai Instruments
1. Ranat
2. Khong Wong Lek
3. Taphon
4. Klong That
5. Ching
6. Thon
 is a Thai
xylophone
 has 21 wooden
bars suspended by
cords over a boat-
shaped trough
resonator and
struck by two
mallets
 is a gong circle
used in Thai
classical music
 has 18 tuned
bossed gongs
 is a traditional
drum of Thailand
 is barrel-shaped,
with two heads,
and is played by
the hands and
fingers of
both hands
 is a drum that
provides rhythm
in piphat
ensemble
 similar to the skor
thom of Cambodia
 are small bowl-
shaped finger
cymbals of thick
and heavy bronze,
with a broad rim
commonly used in
Cambodia and
Thailand
 is a small goblet
drum is also used
in Thai traditional
music
 is made of lathe-
spun wood which
is covered with
goat skin
Three kinds of
Instrumental
Ensembles:
1. Piphat
2. Mahori
3. Kruang-saay
 features wind and percussion instruments
 is performed in
either outdoor style
(with hard mallets)
or indoor style (with
padded mallets)
 used to accompany funerals and cremation
ceremonies  also used to
accompany
traditional Thai
drama such as khon
(masked dance-drama),
and nang yai (shadow
puppet theater)
 PINAI-WOOD RAT-EK
WIND INSTRUMENT XYLOPHONE
KHONG WONG-
GONG TAPHON-DRUM
KLONG THAT-
DRUM CHING-CYMBALS
 is a form of Thai classical ensemble which
was traditionally played by women in the
courts
 combines the xylophones and gong circles
(but not the pi, or oboe) of the piphat with
the strings
of the
khruang sai
ensemble
RANAT THUM- KHONG WONG-
XYLOPHONE GONG
CHAKEE-ZITHER SAO-SAAM-SAAY-
FIDDLE
SAO DUANG-
FIDDLE THOON-DRUM
THAI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
3. Khruang Saay –
composed of
string, wind and
percussion
instruments
 CHAKEE SAO SAAM SAAY

zither
fiddle
 SAO DUANG KLU PIANG

flute
fiddle
THON-SMALL DRUM
& RAMANA-DRUM CHING-CYMBALS
ACTIVITY
CHANG (ELEPHANT SONG)
Chang chang chang chang
chang
nong koi hen chang reu plow
chang man dtua dtoh mai bao
ja-mook yaao yaao riak warng
wong
mee kiaow dtai nguang riak wa
ngar
mee hoo mee dtar harng yaao
(Repeat)
LOI LOI KRATHONG
Wan-pen duean sìp-sŏng , náam
nong dtem dtà-lìng
Rao tang-lăai chaai yĭng sà-nuk gan
jing wan loi grà-tong
loi loi grà-tong, loi loi grà-tong
loi grà-tong gan láew,kŏr chern nóng
gâew òrk maa ram-wong
ram-wong wan loi grà-tong, ram-
wong wan loi grà-tong
bun jà sòng hâi rao sùk-jai(2X)
(REPEAT)
THANK
YOU!