Phum-wat Patanasilpa: The Creative Suite of Bunditpatanasilpa Institute Core Values

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the creative suite of Bunditpatanasilpa Institute Core Value in which there are two pieces: 1) Nattasilapa Phirom (นาฏศิลปาภิรมย์) and 2) Phum Wat Patanasilpa (ภูมิวัฒน์พัฒนศิลป์). The lyrics were written based on the klon pat (กลอนแปด), traditional Thai formative poems in which there are particular types of rhymes: vowel, consonant, and intonation marks. The prominent rhyme form used is the consonant rhyme that creates various tones and musical dialects, and each piece has four formative units of lyrics. The process of creation employs Thai classical music composition in which there are two sections accompanied by nathap propkai song chan and the marching drum pattern used mostly in the “farang (ฝรั่ง)”[1] musical dialect. The melodies of the musical selection were inspired by the composer’s imagination with the traditional Thai music style. Noticeably, a group of notes used in the selection is based on the “pan-cha-mun (ปัญจมูล)” (Penta-centric basis) with two relevant modes based on Thai music keys (Do Re Mi-Sol La and Sol La Ti-Re Mi) to be realized into various instrumental paths in the ensemble to be recognized and performed easily. 

[1] “Farang” is the musical dialect imitating the western musical style based on Thai classical music interpretation.