1st Quarter Lesson #2 MAPEH For Today's Learner 8

1. Music of Thailand

2. •Land of the free.
•Musical elements and
principles are acquired from
Chinese
•Musical instruments are
acquired from the Indians and
Indonesians(strings & gong
chimes)

3. Vocal Form
•Pentatonic scale
•Duple meter
•Accented upbeat
•Use the ching instrument.

4. Instrumental
Music

5. Piphat Ensemble
•Mid sized orchestra that is used
to perform in:
• Funerals
• Cremation ceremonies
• Traditional dance drama
• Shadow puppet theater
performances

6. Mallets
•Hard mallets - outdoors
•Padded mallet - indoor

7. Instruments of the Piphat
Ensemble
• Pinai – wood wind instrument
• Ranat-ek – xylophone
• Khong wong - gong
• Khong wong lek – 16 tuned gongs
• Khong wong yai – 18 tuned gongs

8. •Taphon – this is a drum (hand)
•Klong that – drum (stick)
•Ching – these are cymbals.

9. Mahori Ensemble
•Small ensemble of women
musicians.
•Consists of 9 – 11
instruments
•Strings and percussion
instruments

10. Instruments of the Mahori
Ensemble
•Ranak-ek – xylophone
•Khong wong - gong
• Khong wong lek – 16 tuned gongs
• Khong wong yai – 18 tuned gongs

11. •Chakhe – zither
•Saw sam sai – bowed
instrument
•So duang – fiddle
•Thon – goblet drum
•Rammana – small frame
drum

12. Khruang sai Ensemble
•Wind and percussion
instruments of the Piphat
ensemble are combined in the
ensemble with some string
instruments.
•Plays indoor and accompanies
stick-puppet presentation.

13. •Chakhe – is a zither
•Saw sam sai – a bound string
•Saw duang- 2 stringed fiddle
•Khluing phiang - flute

14. •Khlul lib – This is a flute
•Thon – small drum
•Chap – cymbals
•Rammana – small drum