An Arrangement Process of Isan Folk Music Melodic Patterns of Kalasin College of Dramatic Arts: Lai Khao Tong Lom

Abstract

              The process of creating Northeastern folk music patterns of Kalasin College of Dramatic Arts:
Lai Khao Tong Lom" was the qualitative research. The research applied research methods in musicology, studied of data from fieldwork, and studied of various information documents. The objectives were
1) to study the history of Isan folk music patterns of Kalasin College of Dramatic Arts, the pattern of
Khao Tong Lom, and 2) to study poetry and analyze the folk music patterns of Kalasin College of Dramatic Arts, the pattern of Khao Tong Lom.

              The research results found that the history of of Lai Khao Tong Lom (the rice pattern of the wind) was written by Thuenthongjai Chuenrum. There were 2 parts with a slow and fast tempo. The pattern applied for playing and compiling to use in the performance. The concept of writing and the outline of the pattern brought from Lai Pong Lang. The concept of writing according to the author's imagination were characterized by the fluctuation of nature in the fields, the wind that blows the green rice leaves into waves and the cold wind creates an atmosphere. The illustration of the rice leaves slowly flying towards the windy season that made rice leaves fly faster. Therefore, there were two lines of melody: slow and fast, illustrate the nature in the surroundings and the musical imagination was in line with the way of nature. Causing a melody of
Lai Khao Tong Lom.
              The analysis results of Lai Khao Tong Lom found that there was a two-part structure, part A, B. Each part included 6 sentences in the song. The pattern of Lai Khao Tong Lom had been used Motif, question- answers, the development of the sequence melody (Extension), the development of the repetition style, the development of the state itself, and the idioms for ending Isaan folk songs. Lai Tong Lom used Pentatonic Scales which included A C D E G notes and Hexatonic Scales. The Chord progression consisted of i - III - iv - i, the perfect cadence ending.