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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.

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  • 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[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
  • 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

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
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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

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

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instruments in thailand that idiophone

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