Lisu         Long-neck Karen        Hmong       Thai         Shan      Red Karen

Lisu music
reed pipe	this, the pali fulu, is the smallest of the four sizes and is used to accompany dancing	1.2MB
banjo	also used to play tunes for dancing at a variety of festivals	3.8MB
flute	solo flute dance tune	1.03MB
large reed pipe 1	pali fulu come in two sizes	1.5MB
large reed pipe 2	this is the fulu lae lae, the next size up with a deeper sound	1.4MB
New Year song	a woman singer leads the chorus as they dance in a circle to welcome in the New Year	774k
large reed pipe 3	this is the big bass fulu na-aw. It's hard to find players these days	780k
song in the forest	groups of men and women engage in a sung conversation to keep in touch with each other	2.3MB
improvised song	a woman sings a song commenting on the day's events	1.7MB
improvised duet	another joins the song and at the end they dissolve in laughter	1.7MB
Long-neck Karen music
song with guitar	Ma-nang is one of the best-known singers, now in her fifties. Download the video here	1.3MB
another song with guitar	after the song Ma-nang explains in Thai what it is about	900k
song with fiddle	Ma-nang is also an accomplished fiddle player   Download the video here	815k
Hmong music
large reed pipe	played by a 90-year old man in a village near Chiang Mai (using a hi-tech plastic instrument)	1.5MB
Lahu music
reed pipe solo	Lahu and Lisu music and instruments are very similar: this dance tune is called 'close friends'	1.1MB
male vocal solo	a song asking the spirits to make the while village happy	821k
Thai music
village party	no party is complete without a mini-skirted singer, keyboard player and 2,000 watt speakers	867k
New Year Party	villagers celebrate with a country music band	162k
morning practice	an old man practises a saw (two stringed instrument)  while the rest of the village is preparing for the day	677k
procession	drums, gong and cymbals accompany a procession to the temple	1.6 MB
temple procession	another procession with drums, cymbals and shawm	1.2MB
children's traditional band	stringed instruments with flute, drum and cymbals playing in the grounds of a temple in Lamphun	819k
band featuring saw	the teacher leads the ensemble on the smallest saw	1.07MB
trio in Lamphun temple	saw, krachabpee and drum	1.22MB
Northern folk song	'Girl from San Khamphaeng', a modern 'kham meuang' song sung at a Loi Krathong party	1.6MB
another Northern folk song	'kham meauang' song performed at a parade	1MB
Thai string instruments	hammered dulcimer (khim) and krachabpee	1.3MB
Thai string instruments	saw and khim (3 pieces played ina hotel lobby)	1.3MB
Thai string instruments	long zither (chakhay) and khim	1.8MB
traditional dance music	band has two xylophones (ranaat), drum and small cymbal; the dancers provide the chorus; recorded at Bangkok's Erawan shrine	1.1MB
street musicians	a blind flute player near the river	988k
street musicians	a fiddle player in Klong Toey market	919k
musical instrument stall	the stallholder demonstrates some Issan instruments: the khene (badly), xylophone and plucked phin (electric and acoustic)	3.4MB
school band	hilltribes children play classical Thai music in Mae Hong Son	861k
Shan music
bamboo sticks	the sticks are held one in each hand while the player does a dance	304k
leaf	this guy picked a leaf at random from the garden- amazing!	643k
bamboo zither	used to accompany dancing, strips are cut out of a single piece of bamboo	373k
Shan band	horn fiddle, banjo, drum and percussion accompany the singer	638k
Red Karen music
jews harp	the guy had to borrow my harp but it was worth it	1.2MB