Traditional Thai Musical Instruments - Percussion - Drums

Drums

  • 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 Thai people

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