THAILAND

RANAT- is a Thai xylophone has 21 wooden bars suspended by cords

over a boat shaped through resonator and struck by two mallets.
KHONG WONG LEK- is a gong circle used in Thai classical
music has 18 tuned bossed gong.
CHING – are small bowl –shaped finger cymbals of thick
and heavy bronze with broad rim.
TAPHON- is a traditional drum a barrel-shaped with two
heads, and is played by the hands and fingers of both hands.
THON - IS A SMALL GOBLET DRUM MADE OF LATHE-SPUN
WOOD WHICH IS COVERED BY GOAT SKIN.
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1-3 WHAT ARE THE THREE CLASSICAL MUSIC ENSEMBLES IN THAILAND?
4-5 NAME THE TWO RITUAL SONGS IN THAILAND?
6 THAI MUSIC IS WRITTEN IN VARIOUS GENRES THAT SUIT IN PARTICULAR
OCCASIONS ,THEY ARE THE PRINCIPAL MEANS OF____IN ENTERTAINMENT ?
THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THAILAND ARE CATEGORIZE IN FOUR
CLASSIFICATIONS. KINDLY NAME IT FROM NO. 7 TO 10?
11. IT IS USED TO TELL STORIES OF CUSTOMS AND TRADITION?
12.HAS A FIXED MUSICAL FORM.
13.SONGS FOR MALE SINGER THAT TELL STORIES AND NEWS.
14- 19 NAME ATLEAST SIX MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THAILAND.
20. A COMBINATION OF THREE COMMUNICATION ASPECTS SINGING,SPEAKING
AND PRAYING?
ANSWERS
1. PHI- PHAT
2. KHRUANG SAI
3. MAHORI
4. SUOD
5. THES
6. EXPRESSION
7. IDIOPHONES
8. MEMBRANOPHONES
9. CHORDOPHONES
10. AEROPHONES
11. ENTERTAINMENT SONGS
12. PLAENG BORK
13. PLAENG BORK
14. RANAT THUM
15. CHING
16. JAKHAE
17. PI
18. RAMANA