THAILAND

• Thai Instruments

  • Ranat
  • Khong Wong Lek
  • Taphon
  • Klong That
  • Ching
  • Thon
• RANAT


  A Thai xylophone with 21 wooden bars suspended by cords over a boat-shaped trough resonator and struck by two mallets
• KHONG WONG LEK


  A gong circle used in Thai classical music with 18 tuned bossed gongs
• TAPHON


  A traditional drum of Thailand that is barrel-shaped, with two heads, and is played by the hands and fingers of both hands
• KLONG THAT


  A drum that provides rhythm in piphat ensemble, similar to the skor thom of Cambodia
• CHING


  Small bowl-shaped finger cymbals of thick and heavy bronze, with a broad rim, commonly used in Cambodia and Thailand
• THON


  A small goblet drum used in Thai traditional music, made of lathe-spun wood which is covered with goat skin