Concept and Music Composition for Fingerstyle guitar of Pijak Weerathai

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Settasak Swaingam
Chalermsak Pikulsri

Abstract

This research article was aimed to study Concept and Song Composition for Fingerstyle guitar of Pijak Weerathai in the album “From the earth to the moon”.  This research was qualitative research which was conducted by an interview and analysis song in musicology term.  The study results were as follows.  


In inspiration concept, the song composition for Figurestyle, the results of this study were: 1) Conceptualizing to express song’s emotion, include playing technique, 2) Song composition based on composer’s imagination and direct concept latter.   


An analysis of “Chiang Rai” song, the study was found that the composer got inspiration from the beauty of Doi Mae Salong, Chai Rai province and impressed in nature as well as villager livelihood which integrated traditional style and modern style proportionately, as resulted in the impression to create introduction rhythmic and ending rhythmic with Natural Harmonic and Slide techniques into the playing. The rhythmic transition was played in both step-by-step style, and Non- theoretical style.  The rhythmic direction was went up, went down, and stable. The relation of two- the rhythmic direction was divided into 3 patterns; parallel and oppositional, and obliquely pattern.


The song was also used ornament note and duet playing with simple quadruple time in 125 speeds with the Syncopation note in step G major which has not changed between the song.  Cord structure is music-theoretical structure, but some part cord path did not rely on theory. The used cord was basic cord and related cords i.e. Seventh Chords, Extended chords, Added tone chords, Slash chord, Secondary dominant, etc. For song pattern, the song pattern was used tri-pattern A B A’. In song sentence, the song consisted of interrogative and affirmative sentences in various patterns; same structure and length, similar structure and length with differences with Cadence or pause phrase 3 types; Perfect Authentic Cadence, Half Cadence, and Deceptive Cadence.

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Swaingam, S., & Pikulsri, C. (2020). Concept and Music Composition for Fingerstyle guitar of Pijak Weerathai. Journal of Fine and Applied Arts Khon Kaen University, 12(2), 1–21. Retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/fakku/article/view/210445
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