Sung Playing Conservation and Inheritance in the Upper Northern Region of Thailand
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The research article entitled “Sung playing conservation and inheritance in the upper Northern region of Thailand” is a part of the research on The Development of Sung Playing Instruction Handbook in the Northern Thailand. The study applied qualitative research with the objectives to study performance craft transmission of the Lanna Sung with 16 local wisdom teachers from the upper Northern part of Thailand as the respondents to this research. Two respondents apiece were from 8 provinces of Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Nan, and Mae Hong Son through selection. The results of the research showed 46 most played songs in the performance craft transmission by the local wisdom teachers. Of these songs, the top 10 highest frequencies were: 1) Pum Peng Song, 2) Long Mae Ping Song, 3) Ruesi Long Tham Song, 4) Prasat Wai Song, 5) So Phma Song, 6) Soi Wiang Phing Song, 7) So-Ue Song, 8) Kularb Chiang Mai Song, 9) Moo Hao Chao Nuea Song, and 10) Pan Fai Song. A Sung Look Saam and a Sung Look See are preferred by the local wisdom teachers in teaching. The pedagogical preparation is the most important one with the traditional teacher worship ceremony or the disciple ceremony. Teaching practice should start from the basic principles of correct Thai note reading. The first song practice for Sung playing is of great importance focusing on the learner’s correct performance. Teachers are responsible for lesson assessment from the start throughout the learning process using observing and hearing the accuracy of both the melody and the rhythm, and the melodious mood of the song.
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