I'm looking for information about traditional Thai (Issaan) musical instruments.

Where do they originate from?

Which province/town did they originate from and which province/town is producing the best music instrument (OTOP?)?

What are their proper names?

Did they evolve from a different kind of instrument?

Every information would be greatly accepted.

Links to websites are also welcome.

TIA

Hi . . .

if you find anything I'd be interested too . . .

I doubt there'd be an OTOP though

David

All I can contribute is the location of a nice shop selling a good variety of them - it's on the 2nd floor of the Old Siam centre near Chinatown.

google for the word 'pin' the issaan thai guitar type thing... and there are several very good sites

http://ofsoundmind.wordpress.com/2007/04/2...-in-a-haystack/

for a start.

look up phin, kuii, saaw

two stringed instruments and one wind instrument...

look up 'laam thai' (thai traditional dance) there was a really good site with references to instruments also. the thai universities have a music department with a site in english but i dont have it in my favorites anymore.

do a search in the forums, there were posts in the past.

btw, my husband tunes a cheap guitar to the scales (yes, phin are tuned according to the ear of the player) of a phin, and using only 4 strings.

bina

israel

Thanks a lot for the information, Bina.

Googling for Thai musical instruments without knowing the exact name in the Thai language of the instrument is a job of weeks or months.

Also, this or a similar question must have been asked in the past for sure in the different forums.

But here also, without knowing the exact name of the instrument in Thai is a very tedious task.

I ask this question in the hope that people who knows of the proper links or have seen popsts alike would respond to this thread and save me (and others) a lot of time and work.

Regards

Thanks a lot for the information, Bina.

Googling for Thai musical instruments without knowing the exact name in the Thai language of the instrument is a job of weeks or months.

Also, this or a similar question must have been asked in the past for sure in the different forums.

But here also, without knowing the exact name of the instrument in Thai is a very tedious task.

I ask this question in the hope that people who knows of the proper links or have seen popsts alike would respond to this thread and save me (and others) a lot of time and work.

Regards

I googled your key words and way down on page 5 of the search engine I found this.. http://users.skynet.be/rpm/artist/thailand/mholam-e.html

Not that tedius.

'โหวด' (pronounced) wote is my favourite.

Also, the 'kaen' pronounced "gaen".

http://www.student.chula.ac.th/~49467673/wood_each_muse.htm

I'm looking for information about traditional Thai (Issaan) musical instruments.

Where do they originate from?

Which province/town did they originate from and which province/town is producing the best music instrument (OTOP?)?

What are their proper names?

Did they evolve from a different kind of instrument?

Every information would be greatly accepted.

Links to websites are also welcome.

TIA

will ask the wife later (she's originally from Nong Khai)

"The khaen is a wind instrument made from bamboo reeds. It makes it possible to play different tones simultaneously with only one player.

In the khaen, several pijum (bamboo reed) of different sizes are tied toguether and connected to the same air hole. There are several sizes of khaen.

According to historical evidence, the khaen is one of the oldest instruments in Lan Chang (now comprised of modern Laos, Vietnam, and northeast Thailand).

It is believed to have existed in Southeast Asia for no less than 3000 years and could be found from China to Indonesia."

A few listed:

- khaen

- pong lang (a kind of xylophone made from hard wood)

- pin (a string instrument)

- saw

- wote (circular pan flute in bamboo)

Google each of these (adding "instrument of northeast thailand") to find more info

This page has a good list:

http://www.visit-chiangmai.com/feature_art...g_mai/music.php

http://users.skynet.be/rpm/artist/thailand/mholam-e.html

http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/history/khaen.html

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

Edited October 28, 200817 yr by AmeriThai