Thai Musical Instruments - North

North

  • Salo - a bowed fiddle with three strings and a free bow. The resonator is made of coconut shell cut off on one side.
  • Sueng - is a plucked string instrument, made of teak or hardwood. A round sound hole is cut on the top soundboard.
  • Khlui - The same as the Central Thai khlui.
  • Pi chum (called pi so in northern Thailand) - a free reed pipe made of bamboo, with a single metal reed
  • Pi nae - a double reed oboe that resembles the saranai or chani but larger in size; it is made of wood and usually accompanies the large gong.
  • Phin phia - or sometimes simply called "pia" or "phia". The body is made from a coconut shell.
  • Glong teng thing - Klong Teng-thing is a two faced tabular drum and used as one of percussive instrument.
  • Talotpot - or Malotpot is a two-faced tubular drum of 100 centimeters long.
  • Glong tingnong - The biggest and longest drum with one face made of hide about 3–4 metres long.
  • Glong sabat chai - The most famous drum in northern, hanging on the double wooden bars carried by men

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