Are you familiar with the different

classifications of musical instrument based on

the Hornbostel and sachs system of
classification? Can you give one of the
classifications?
 HORNBOSTEL
AND
SACHS SYSTEM OF
CLASSIFICATION
Idiophones
Membranophones
Chordophones
Aerophones
IDIOPHONES
instruments that are struck, hit,
banged, shaken, tapped, crushed,
rubbed, clanged, beat, and twirled;
self-sounding instruments.
Give an example of
Idiophone
instrument.
MEMBRANOPHONES
Instruments that are struck
and are made of stretched
animal skin.
Give an example of
Membranophone
instrument.
CHORDOPHONES
string instruments which
may be bowed, plucked,
and strummed
Give an example of
Chordophone
instrument.
AEROPHONES
wind or blown instruments
made of either metal or wood.
Give an example of
Aerophone
instrument.
Aerophones
The history, culture, tradition, and beliefs of
the people in Thailand
 Thailand formerly known as Siam, is
known for being the sole nation in
Southeast Asia that has never been ruled
by Western power. It is for this reason
that the country is also called
“MuangThai” or “Land of the Free”
because it is not colonized.
Thai music is blending of musical elements
from a number of cultures, such a Chinese,
Khmer( Cambodia music), and Indian,
Myanmar(Burma), Laos, and Malaysia.
Thai Folk Song:
CHAANG
 CHAANG
It is a Thai folk song for children.
Chaang means elephant in Thai. Elephants have been
important to the people of Thailand for thousands of
years as beasts of burden, for transportation, in warfare,
and in cultural ceremonies. The love and respect Thai
people have for elephants is deeply embedded in the
culture and history of Thailand.
Instrumental
Music
 THAILAND’S
MUSICAL ENSEMBLE:

1) the instruments from China;

2) The Khmer model which were derived
from Indonesia and India;
3) those brought about by foreign traders; and,
4) those that are created by the Thai themselves.
 Three types of musical ensemble
in Thailand;
PIPHAT, KHRUANG-SAI,
MAHORI
 PIPHAT
is an ensemble in Thailand
consisting of woodwind
and percussion instruments
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF PIPHAT ENSEMBLE:
a. RANAAT (xylophone)
B. KHAONG-WONG
(a set of gongs in a circular frame)
c. PI-NAI
(double reed pipe)
d. CHING (small cymbals)
 e. TAPHOON
(a drum beaten by hands)
f. KALONG-TAT
(a drum beaten by sticks)
KHRUANG-SAI
is an orchestra that combine
some of the percussion and wind instruments of
the piphat with a stretched string section.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF KHRUANG-SAI
ORCHESTRA:
 a. SODUANG
(high-pitched two-stringed bowed lute)
b. SOLAW
(bowed lute)
c. THREE-STRING JHAKHE
(plucked zither)
 d. KLUI
(vertical flipple flute)
e. THAN
(goblet drum)
 f. KHIM
(small hammered Chinese Dulcimer)
MAHORI
is the combination
of Piphat and Kruang-sai
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF MAHORI:
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF MAHORI:
a. RANAT
b. KHAONG-WONG
c. CHING
d. CHAKEE or JAKHAE (zither shaped like crocodile)
e. SAW-SAM-SAY ( three-stringed fiddle)
f. SAW-U (two-stringed fiddle)
g. SAW-DUANG(higher two-stringed fiddle)
h. THON(goblet drum; one-sided drum)
THANK YOU
for listening 