MUL 13 : SOUTH EAST ASIA (THAILAND)

Thailand ONLY

Chap

Cymbals used in the piphat ensemble

Ching

Small, bright sounding cymbals played in regular cycles used in piphat ensemble

Isan

The Lao-speaking region of Northeast Thailand

Khaen

A double-rank free-reed mouth organ with bamboo pipes where it’s scale is pentatonic.

Khwang Wong Lek

A smaller gong circle used in the piphat ensemble

Khwang Wong Yai

A larger gong circle used in the piphat ensemble

Khon

A genre of Thai masked dance-drama

Kon

Four-line stanzas with a rhyming shceme used in lam klawn poetry singing.

Lam

Vocal performance or singing style associated with Northeast Thailand

Lam Klawn

A vocal repartee or poetry singing. Featuring male and female singers improvising lyrices accompanied by the khaen.

Lam Mawlum

A broader category of Lao

Lam Phuchai

A male singer in lam klawn

Lam Phu Ying

A female singer in lam klawn

Lam Sing

A popular music form from Northeast Thailand

Luk Thung

A genre of Thai “country songs” that developed with added regional instruments

Mai Khaeng

“Hard-mallet” referring to characteristic type of piphat music

O la naw

A typical example of love poetry sung by a female in lam klawn

Phiphat

Thai classical court ensemble, primarily consisting of idiophones, but also including the pi.

Pi

A penetrating, meandering double-reed aerophone used in the piphat ensemble

Ranat Ek

The high-pitched xylophone in the piphat ensemble, featuring hardened or bamboo pieces suspended over a boat-shaped resonator

Ranat Thum

The low xylophone in the piphat ensemble

Sahukan

A principle of Thai classical composition characterized by many short musical motives rather than long phrases.

Sawn

Type of Thai flute

Thon

A goblet drum used in the piphat ensemble