Thai Musical

Culture
 Thailand
 Thailand is a country in Southeast Asian

 Thailand is formerly known as SIAM

 BANGKOK- capital of Thailand

 Buddhism- religion.

 Thailand is the only nation in the Southeast Asia that has never
been colonized or ruled by any Western power

 Thailand is sometimes called “Muang Thai” or Land of the Free.

 Vocal
and
Instrumental
Music
Thai Musical
Ensemble
 Piphat
Ensemble
 accompanies court ceremonies. It is composed of percussion and
woodwind instruments.

 Pi nai– the double reed pipe.

 Ranaat or ranat thum– xylophone

 Taphon– drum

 Ching– small cymbals

 Khawng wong lek– set of gongs

 This ensemble relatively plays loud music.,

 Mahori
Ensemble
 Accompanies songs and plays. It plays the music that is a little
softer than the Phipat ensemble.
 Ranaat or ranat thum– xylophone

 Khawng wong lek– set of gongs

 Ching– small cymbals

 Jakhae– crocodile-shaped zither

 Sam saay– three-stringed fiddle

 Thon– one sided drum

Khrung Saay
Ensemble
 Is mostly composed of stringed
instruments such as jackae, saw sam
sai, sao u, sao dung the Pi charba,
thon, and the ching completes this
ensembles. The dynamic characteristics
of this ensemble is described as the
softest of the three ensembles.