Types of music in Thailand including Lao

[LaaMok]

I would love to know (and see samples) of the different types of music in Thailand/Isaan.

 

I can think of 3 but I will get the ball rolling with 1.

 

"Mor Lam"

 

[LaaMok]

A modernized version of mor lam

 

[Ding Dong]

What type of thai music is "strink" or "string", a TG didnt like lung thung but liked strink. Lung thung us country but strink? is?

[LaaMok]

What type of thai music is "strink" or "string", a TG didnt like lung thung but liked strink. Lung thung us country but strink? is?

 

After much searching I come to the conclusion she is refering to the string lute.

 

"The two stringed bowed lute, the so-duang (track 16) was a common instrument in various ensembles from toward the end of this period until today in classical and court music. Born in 1917, the female performer on this track Benjarong Thanakoset, is from a musical family, and was already teaching by the age of sixteen. She is now considered Thailand’s greatest player of bowed string instruments.

 

Other instruments are believed to have originated with the Thai themselves, including the double reed instrument the pi. The pi phat, consisting of the pi together with melodic and rhythmic percussion instruments, is one of the earliest types of ensemble, represented on this album by Fong Nam (track 12). Under the guidance of American Bruce Gaston, Fong Nam are both the custodians of rare classical pieces, and known for modernizing the traditions in experimental styles. The Hong Nang Suite is traditional Buddhist funeral music, instead of a sorrowful nature it’s lively sound acts as an antidote for the grieving mourners."

 

http://www.farsidemusic.com/RG_thailand.html

[Ding Dong]

After much searching I come to the conclusion she is refering to the string lute.

 

"The two stringed bowed lute, the so-duang (track 16) was a common instrument in various ensembles from toward the end of this period until today in classical and court music. Born in 1917, the female performer on this track Benjarong Thanakoset, is from a musical family, and was already teaching by the age of sixteen. She is now considered Thailand’s greatest player of bowed string instruments.

 

Other instruments are believed to have originated with the Thai themselves, including the double reed instrument the pi. The pi phat, consisting of the pi together with melodic and rhythmic percussion instruments, is one of the earliest types of ensemble, represented on this album by Fong Nam (track 12). Under the guidance of American Bruce Gaston, Fong Nam are both the custodians of rare classical pieces, and known for modernizing the traditions in experimental styles. The Hong Nang Suite is traditional Buddhist funeral music, instead of a sorrowful nature it’s lively sound acts as an antidote for the grieving mourners."

 

http://www.farsidemusic.com/RG_thailand.html

Thanks

btw, loved the first video mor lam

[LaaMok]

"Traditional morlam ensembles also feature the phin, a stringed lute, somewhat similar to the guitar, with between two and four strings, but typically three. Track 3, features a solo performance on the phin, by Surasak Donchia, a virtuoso on the instrument."

 

Theres your answer

 

Thanks

btw, loved the first video mor lam

 

Thanks I like to see myself as a culturalised pervert

[Ding Dong]

Lung Thung i guess... with Tai Oratai

 

Edited April 30, 2007 by Bryan
Embeded video

[LaaMok]

She is one fit b***h