Phleng Ruang: the Prototypical Musical Pieces in Traditional Thai Music Dimension

Abstract

This article entitled ‘Phleng Ruang: the Prototypical Musical Pieces in Traditional Thai Dimension’ aims to point out a significant issue on a Thai musical piece called Phleng Ruang. As material of study, the Phleng Ruang is critically centred and plays the main role in Thai music culture. Thus the value of Phleng Ruang is clarified as the prototypical musical piece to various Thai songs and is functional to skill improvement. This paper expresses the insider’s perspectives through traditional Thai musicological aspects and aims to show an essential part of Thai songs.