Mapeh Music:Thailand

Siam

Siam

Formerly known as

Muang Thai

Land of the free

Piphat

A mid sized orchestra performed in either outdoor style with hard mallets or indoor style with padded mallets

Ranat Ek

Also known as xylophone. Has 21 wooden bars, boat-shaped instrument. Leading instrument of Piphat

Ranat Ek Lek

Is a metallophone. Smaller of the two sizes of thai metallophones. Consists of flat metal slabs placed over a rectangular wooden resonator. Played with bamboo sticks

Pi Nai

Has 6 holes. Made of Bai Tan, a form of palm leaf

Khong wong

This is a gong

Khong wong lek

16 tuned gongs

Khong wong yai

18 tuned gongs

Taphon

This is a drum. A barrel shaped drum with two heads. Played by the hands and fingers

Klong That

This is also a drum. Played with two large wooden sticks. Are large barrel drums

Ching

These are cymbals. Finger cymbals

Mahori

Traditionally played by women in the courts of Central Thailand and Cambodia. This ensemble are historically smaller

Chakhe

This is a zither which is a musical instrument consisting a flat wooden sound box with numerous strings across it. Has 3 strings. It is a stylized crocodile

Saw Sam Sai

This is a bowed string. Its body is made from a coconut, it has three parts, the bout, the neck, and the bow

Thon

A goblet drum

Rammana

A small frame drum

Thon and Rammana

Hands drums played as pair. Made from ceramic and wooden

Khruang Sai

An orchestra that combines some of the percussion and wind instruments of the piphat with an expanded string section. This is group is primarily used for indoor performances and for the accomplishment of stick puppet theater