The music of asian cultures (Thailand)

 For the first Asian culture I am going to chose is Thailand, i found a piece of their traditional music on YouTube but they incorporate some other cultures into this piece if you check the description


The instrument being played down below is called the Seung and it is a traditional instrument of Thailand and it kind of is like a guitar in how it is played and how it looks. To play it you need metal rings on all your finger except for the one doing the cords and your thumbs, here is the video of them playing.

Most of Thailand's music is string dominate because they like the sound of it and its deep within their culture and its been that way for a long time, the other instrument i found in this culture is called the Khim and its my favorite from here it is a mix of a drum and string instrument, the player sits down and hits the strings with two sticks and it plays notes here is a quick video of someone playing the song.




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  1. Heather's Adventures in Music of Diverse CulturesNovember 18, 2021 at 11:07 AM

    I did not know that string instruments were such a dominant part of Thai music. Now I'm not sure what I thought was the dominant instrument, but I was a little surprised to see the amount of string instruments. I like the variety within the type of instruments since there is one that is played like a guitar and another that is played like nothing I have ever seen before!

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  2. Alyssa GrafNovember 18, 2021 at 3:05 PM

    Hey! This is very interesting regarding the music of Thailand because honestly I have never thought about looking at their music. It is cool that almost all of their music are string instruments, compared to other parts of the world where is is usually percussion like Indonesia. The Khim is very interesting and I feel as though I have not really seen anything like that in other cultures.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 21, 2021 at 12:00 AM

    It is cool to know that string instruments are dominant in the Thailand musical culture and that they are different from the rest of the world in that regard. I like the seung and how you have to have metal rings to play it. I have never seen another instrument that has that requirement.

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  4. Madeline ColeburnNovember 21, 2021 at 3:12 PM

    The instruments and music of Thailand are very interesting. I love the sounds of the Seung and the Khim, they are both very pretty instruments to listen to. The ensemble at the beginning was also very good and I loved all the elements of the culture shown.

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  5. Karsyn LucyNovember 21, 2021 at 8:07 PM

    It is intriguing to me to learn how much Thailand includes string instruments into their music. Also I find it interesting how the player for the seung has to wear rings!

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