THE CREATION OF THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PLAYGROUND SET FOR THE CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

Abstract

          The research, The Creation of the Musical Instrument Playground Set for Children with Intellectual Disabilities, aimed to create a musical instrument playground set for children with intellectual disabilities based on a knowledge of Thai music and to investigate the impact of a musical instrument playground set on children with intellectual disabilities' ability to recognize and respond to musical elements like rhythm, melody, and pitch. The key finding of the study was that the musical instrument playground set consisted of three instruments, enabling both individual and group play. These instruments were uniquely designed with animal shapes. The playing style was a percussion instrument that generated different dimensions of sound according to the materials used to make it, including wood, metal, and polyvinylchloride (PVC). This emphasized the intentional creation of the instruments with a range of sounds (octave), including low, middle, and high. The colors included red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, representing the Do, Re, Mi, Sol, and La notes. The experimental results with seven children with intellectual disabilities playing the musical instrument playground set showed that they could recognize and respond to rhythm, melody, and pitch at a good level.