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the meter of thai music
thai scale
extraordinary, composed of 7 notes
these notes are equidistant from each other, w/ no half steps
five-tone scale / pentatonic scale
some thai scales are based on this
do re mi so la
notes of the pentatonic scale
monophonic texture
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homophonic texture
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polyphonic texture
heterophonic
texture of thai music, basic melody is played in variations by other musical instruments & is elaborated by the embellishing instruments
melodic & linear
structure & form of thai music
melodic / rhythmic / stringed / wind
types of thai traditional music instruments
ranat thum
wooden bars struck by a padded mallet
placed on the floor, player sits
khong wong
“circle of gongs,” national instrument
plays principal melody
ching chap
similar to a pair of cymbals, smaller
made from a thick metal, tea-cup-shaped
thon
bowl-shaped ceramic drum
made of various skins
played w/ one hand
ramana
shallow drum, like a tambourine
head’s diameter is larger than the body’s
jakhae
most important stringed instrument
crocodile-shaped
saw sam sai
triangle-shaped, w/ a spiky leg
coconut shells & calf skin
three strings, no frets
pi nai
since ancient times
quadruple reed oboe
made of hardwood / marble
reed comes from a small circular piece of palmyra leaves, tied to a small tube
khaen
most important folk instrument of laos & northern thailand
made up of 14 thin, 4ft long bamboo tubes
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