1. Music of Thailand

2. Map of Thailand

3. Classical Music
Pi Phat
Kruang sai
Mahori
Khon

4. Pi Phat Ensemble Most common Thai classical music
Symbolizes the dancing of Thailand's legendary dragons
Performed inside and outside
Instruments include:
2 Renat – xylophone (with hard or padded mallets)
1 Pi – oboe
Klong - Barrel drums
2 Kong wong – circular tuned horizontal gong-chimes

5. Khrueang Sai
Includes some wind and percussion instruments; however, this is a string-dominated ensemble, typically heard in indoor instrumental settings
String instruments included:
so duang – high pitched, 2 string bowed lute
solaw – lower pitched, bowed lute
Jhakhe – 3 string, plucked zither

6. Mahori H istoricallyplayed by women in the courts
a mixed ensemble that often accompanies vocalists, sometimes in the context of theatre
Combines instruments from Pi Phat and Khrueang ensembles.
EXCLUDES the loud and shrill Pi (oboe)
Includes so sam sai fiddle – middle range bowed lute
so sam sai accompanies the vocalist

7. Khon
Thai classical music that is often used as an accompaniment to classical dance

8. Phlaeng Luk Thung
(literally, “songs of the children of the fields”), a type of Thai “country music” that originated in rural central Thailand

9. Lamwong
The “circle dance” is the most popular form of dance at rural temple festivals and other celebrations. It is typically performed to mawlam or luk thung music.

10. Khaen
a traditional wood-and-bamboo mouth organ that has become a symbol of northeastern Thai (and Lao) culture.