An idiophone is any musical instrument which creates sound primarily by way of the instrument's vibrating, without the use

of strings or membranes. The ranat thum is a low pitched xylophoneused in the music of Thailand. It has 18 wooden keys, which are stretched over a boat-shaped trough resonator. Its shape looks like a ranat ek, but it is lower and wider. It is usually played in accompaniment of a ranat ek.

The khong wong lek is a gong circle used in Thai classical music. It has 18 tuned bossed gongs, and is smaller and higher in pitch than the khong wong yai. Both instruments are played in the same manner, thekhong wong lek plays a faster and more ornate variation on the principal melody, with less use of two-note chords. Each gong in tuned with beeswax under the gongs

The ching are small bowl-shaped finger cymbals of thick and heavy bronze, with a broad rim commonly used in Cambodia and Thailand. They are made of an alloy (mixture of iron,copper, and gold) mixed with bronze. They measure about 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter and are joined together with a cord, which passes through a small hole at the apex of each one of them. Each cymbal of the pair is held in one hand and the two are struck together. The ching are the timekeepers of the ensemble.

A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification. The taphon is a traditional drum of Thailand. It is barrel-shaped with two heads, and is played by the hands and fingers of both hands, much like the more popular congas.

Ramana- a Shallow drum that looks like a tambourine without the metallic discs the diameter of its head its bigger than its body.

The thon and rammana are hand drums played as a pair in Central Thai classical music and Cambodian classical music. It consists of two drums: the thon (), a goblet drumwith a ceramic or wooden body) and the rammana (), a small frame drum. They are used usually in the khruang sai ensemble. The thon gives a low pitch and therammana gives a high pitch. Earlier in the 20th century, the thon and rammana were sometimes played separately.

A chordophone is any musical instrument that makes sound by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points. It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification. Jakhae or Jakhe is shaped like CROCODILE, body is big and hollow in order to resonate the sound of the instrument better. Thailand most important stringed instrument with the most beautiful sound.

The saw sam sai so sam sai, also spelled saw samsai, and occasionally called simply sam sai; literally "three stringed fiddle") is a traditional bowed string instrument of Thailand. Its body is made from a special type of coconut covered on one end with animal skin, and it has three silk strings. Typically, the player glues a jewel onto the skin before playing, to reduce the skin's resonance.

An aerophone is any musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound. It is one of the four main classes of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification.

Pi A wind instrument, the sound it produces and the blowing technique is unique to Thailand.

The Khaen (khene)is a mouth organ ofLao origin whose pipes, which are usually made of bamboo, are connected with a small, hollowedout hardwood reservoir into which air is blown, creating a sound similar to that of the violin. Today associated with the Lao of Laos and Northeast Thailand, similar instruments date back to the Bronze Age of Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, it is used among the ethnic Lao population of the province of Stung Treng and is used inlakhon ken, a Cambodian dance drama genre that features the khene as the premiere instrument.

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Instruments Of Thailand
John Marco Agustin Grade 8 Section B (Honesty)