MUSIC: Music of Thailand Flashcards
Thailand’s name in the Thai language
Prathet Thai
What does Prathet Thai mean?
“Land of the Free”
True or False?
Thailand is the only country in southeast asia that was never colonized by any European nation.
True!
The first evidence of Thai music was found during [ ].
The first evidence of Thai music was found during the reign of the Ayuthaya kingdom.
Low pitched wooden xylophone with 18 wooden keys stretched over a boat-shaped trough resonator.
Ranat Thum
Set of 18 knobbed pot gongs placed in a circular wooden frame.
Khong wong lek
A barrel-shaped drum with two heads played by both hands. It is often used to accompany performances in Thai shrines meant to entertain the resident god. It is considered a sacred instrument in Thai culture.
Taphon
- barrel-shaped drum with two heads
- considered a SACRED intrument
A shallow drum that looks like a tambourine without disks.
Rammana
A bowl-shaped ceramic drum.
Thon
Plucked zither made of wood in a stylized crocodile shape. It is approximately 20 cm high and 140 cm long.
Jakhae / Jakhe
- Made of woof in astylized crocodile shape.
- Approx. 20 c, high & 140 cm long
A triangular spiked fiddle with a leg, three silk strings but no frets. Its body is made from a special type of coconut covered on one end with animal skin.
Saw saw sai
- three silk strings but NO frets
- made from a special type of coconut;
- on one end with animal skin,
Most important folk instruments of North Thailand.
Khaen
MOST IMPORTAAAAAAANT “khaen na” haha..
A kind of ensemble in the classical music of Thailand, which features wind and percussion instruments.
Piphat
It is performed during popular village affairs, using combined strings and wind instruments.
Krung sai
It is a small ensemble composed of women that play in the courts of both Central Thai and Cambodia.
Mahori
- It combines the xylophones and gong circles of the piphat with the strings of the Khruang sai ensemble.
