Creation of Music for Developing Guitar Playing Skills Using Concepts from the Melody of Lanna Traditional songs

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compose songs for guitar playing skills development by using the melody approaches from Lanna folk songs. The qualitative research method was utilized for data collection of 7 melodies from Lannna folk songs including Tang Chiang Mai, Chapu-Lamai, Selemao, Sopma, long-nan, Lap-leang, and Pan Fai. These melodies were selected from the Association of Lanna Artists Musical Instruments and were used as a melody model for song compositions in this study.

            Results showed that the analyzed sounds from Lanna folk songs were used to create the core melodies and more complicated chords extending to the creativity for guitar playing skills development in 7 Etudes. The core melodies of the composed songs were embellished through three steps of performance. First, the core melodies of Lanna folk songs were presented. Second, the melodies were paraphrase and embellished by rhythm changing techniques, beginning and ending sentence techniques, guitar techniques, and chromatic notes. Last, the arpeggios techniques were used for melodies development. The song compositions helped guitarists understand the diversities of songs embellishment and melodies elaboration for the improvisation of playing, promoted Lanna folk songs preservation, and increased more groups of interested people in Lanna folk songs.