What are the different musical instruments of Thailand?

Answer 1

the Musical Instruments of Thailand are the following: Sao-Duang;Sao-Saam-Saay;and Chakee are String Instruments;

Pi nai is an instrument of Wind type;and Taphone, Klong That, Thon, Ching, Ranat Ek and Khong Wong Lek are Percussion Instruments.

Answer 2

Plucked

• Grajabpi(กระจับปี่) - ancient fretted lute
• Jakhe (จะเข้) - crocodile-shaped fretted floor zither with three strings
• Phin (พิณ) - three-stringed lute used in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand
• Phin phia(พิณเพียะ) - chest-resonated stick zither played by the Lanna of northern Thailand
• Sueng (ซึง) - plucked lute from the Lanna region of northern Thailand
• Phin hai(พิณไห) or hai song (ไหซอง) - a set of earthenware jars with rubber bands stretched over the open mouths

[edit]Bowed

• Saw duang(ซอด้วง) - higher two-string fiddle with hardwood body; used in Classical Music
• Saw sam sai (ซอสามสาย) - three-string spike fiddle with coconut shell body; used in classical music
• Saw u (ซออู้) - lower two-string fiddle with a coconut shell body; used in classical music
• Saw pip(ซอปีบ or ซอปี๊บ) or saw krapong (ซอกระป๋อง)- two-string fiddles with body made from a metal can; used in the Isan region of northeast Thailand; saw krapong is smaller
• Saw bang(ซอบั้ง) - used in the Isan region of northeast Thailand
• Salo (สะล้อ) - three-string spike fiddle used in the Lanna region

[edit]Struck

• Khim (ขิม) - hammered dulcimer

[edit]Percussion[edit]Drums

A taphon

• Taphon(ตะโพน) or klawng taphon (กลองตะโพน) - sacred barrel drum; played with the hands and used in the piphat ensemble
• Taphon mon(ตะโพนมอญ) - large drum played with the hand,use in the piphat Mon
• Glong thad(กลองทัด) - large drum played with sticks; usually played in a pair and used in the piphat ensemble
• Rammana(รำมะนา) - frame drum; played with the hand
• Thon (โทน) - goblet drum; played with the hand
• Glong thap(กลองทับ) - goblet drum used primarily in southern Thai Folk Music
• Glong khaek(กลองแขก) - barrel drum; played with the hands and generally played in pairs
• Glong songna(กลองสองหน้า) - barrel drum; played with the hands
• Glong yao(กลองยาว) - long drum; played with the hands
• Poengmang khok (เปิงมางคอก), or simply poengmang (เปิงมาง) - set of tuned drums used in the piphat mon
• Glong chatri(กลองชาตรี) - same Glong thad but smaller than,played with sticks,use in the piphat chatri
• Glong banthoh (กลองบัณเฑาะว์) - smallest barrel drum; use in the Royal Thai Brahmanism-Hinduism Ceremony or ritual about the Thai Royal Family
• Glong seng(กลองเส็ง), Glong ching(กลองจิ่ง), or Glong tae(กลองแตะ) - large drum played with sticks; generally played in pairs and used in competition in the Isan region of northeast Thailand, particularly by the Phu Thaipeople

[edit]Gong chimes

• Khong wong lek (ฆ้องวงเล็ก) - higher gong circle; comprises many small tuned bossed gongs mounted in a rattan frame
• Khong wong yai (ฆ้องวงใหญ่)- lower gong circle; comprises many small tuned bossed gongs mounted in a rattan frame
• Khong mon(ฆ้องมอญ) - set of many small tuned bossed gongs arranged in vertical curved frame; usually primarily in funeral music
• Khong rang(ฆ้องราง) - set of eight tuned gongs suspended horizontally in a straight frame; similar to the southern Philippine kulintang; rare

[edit]Keyboard

• Ranat (ระนาด) - trough-resonated keyboard percussion instrument; generally played with two mallets and used in Thai classical and theater music
  • Ranat ek(ระนาดเอก) - higher xylophone, with bars usually made of hardwood
  • Ranat thum(ระนาดทุ้ม) - lower xylophone, with bamboo or hardwood bars
  • Ranat ek lek (ระนาดเอกเหล็ก) - higher metallophone
  • Ranat thum lek (ระนาดทุ้มเหล็ก) - lower metallophone
  • Ranat kaeo(ระนาดแก้ว) - crystallophone; very rare
• Pong lang(โปงลาง) - pentatonic log xylophone used in the Isan region

[edit]Gongs

• Khong chai(ฆ้องชัย), also called khong hui (ฆ้องหุ่ย) or khong mui (ฆ้องมุ่ย) - huge hanging bossed gong used for indicating time
• Khong mong(ฆ้องโหม่ง) or mong (โหม่ง) - medium-sized hanging bossed gong used in Thai ensembles
• Khong meng(ฆ้องเหม่ง) or khong kratae (ฆ้องกระแต) - small bossed gong used as a signaling device and in traditional parades with klawng yao
• Khong rao(ฆ้องราว) - three bossed gongs (small, medium, and large) suspended vertically in a wooden frame; rare
• Khong khu(ฆ้องคู่) - pair of small bossed gongs suspended horizontally in a wooden box; used in theater music and music of southern Thailand
• Wong khong chai (วงฆ้องชัย) - set of seven large bossed gongs suspended vertically in a circular frame; rare

[edit]Clappers

• Krap (กรับ) - clapper
  • Krap phuang(กรับพวง) - bundle of hardwood and brass slats, tied together at one end
  • Krap sepha(กรับเสภา) - pair of bamboo or hardwood sticks

[edit]Cymbals

• Ching (ฉิ่ง) - pair of small, thick cymbals joined by a cord; used to mark time
• Chap (ฉาบ) - pair of flat cymbals joined by a cord
  • Chap lek(ฉาบเล็ก) - smaller
  • Chap yai(ฉาบใหญ่) - larger

[edit]Shaken bamboo

• Angklung(อังกะลุง) - set of tuned bamboo tubes mounted in a frame and shaken; generally played by a group. comes from Indonesia.

[edit]Bronze drums

• Mahorathuek(มโหระทึก) - bronze drum; dates back to the Dong Son culture of antiquity and today very rare

Traditional Thai musical instruments also are classified into four categories, by the region of Thailand in which they are used.

[edit]Wind[edit]Flutes

• Khlui (ขลุ่ย) - vertical duct flute made of bamboo, hardwood, or plastic
  • Khlui lib(ขลุ่ยหลิบ or ขลุ่ยหลีบ; treble); not commonly used
  • Khlui phiang aw (ขลุ่ยเพียงออ; medium)
  • Khlui u(ขลุ่ยอู้; bass); not commonly used
• Wot (โหวด) - circular panpipe used in the Isanregion of northeast Thailand. Play by holding between the hands, and while rotating, blow downwards into the pipes.

[edit]Free-reed

• Khaen (แคน) - mouth organ used in the Isan (northeastern) region
• Pi chum(ปี่จุม; called ปี่ซอ pi so in northern Thailand) - free reed pipe used in the Lanna(northern) region
• Gourd mouth organ - used by the Akha(called lachi), Lisu(called fulu), and Lahu(called naw) peoples of the upland regions of northern Thailand
• Jaw harp(called chongnong (จ้องหน่อง) in central Thailand and huen (หืน) in northeast Thailand) - played primarily among ethnic minorities of northern Thailand, as well as by the people of the Isan region of northeast Thailand

[edit]Oboes

• Pi (ปี่) - quadruple- or double-reed oboe
  • Pi chanai(ปี่ไฉน) - possibly derived from the Indian shehnai
  • Pi chawa(ปี่ชวา) - used to accompany Muay Thai
  • Pi klang(ปี่กลาง)
  • Pi mon(ปี่มอญ) - large double-reed oboe with detachable metal bell; used for funeral music
  • Pi nai(ปี่ใน) - standard leading instrument used in the piphatensemble
  • Pi nok(ปี่นอก)

[edit]Horns

• Trae (แตร) - metal horn
• Sang (สังข์) - conch shell horn; also called trae sang (แตรสังข์)
• Sang

Answer 3

Idiophones

• Ranat-ek

• Ranat-lek

• Ranat Thum

• Khong Wong Lek

• The Ching and Chap

• Gong Wong

• Gong hui

Membranophone

• The Taphone Instrument

• The Ramana

• The Thon Ramana

Aerophone

• The Pi

• Kan

Chordophones

• Saw Sam Sai

• Chakee

Answer 4

Pinai is a musical instrument of Thailand which is a Flute made of wood.

Answer 5

instruments in thailand that idiophone

Answer 6

aerophone

membranophone

Answer 7

pi phat

Answer 8

khaen