sounds of Thailand 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