THE STUDY BY GATHERING SONGS AND ANCIENT DANCE IN TAPONYAI VILLAGE, KHLUNG DISTRICT, CHANTHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

Songs and ancient dance are Thai art and culture in the aspects of lyrics to be component of dance acting. Songs and ancient dance will help create fun, pleasure and relaxation from seriousness of everyday problems. Ten songs and ancient dance in this research are a part of Mr. Kan Koranee’s interviewed, from about thirty songs, but are popular in singing in the band about 10 songs. From the study and analyses of ten songs and ancient dance of Mr. Kan Koranee’s band, there was finding that songs were Monophonic Texture, using Simple Time, 2/4 Duple Time. The styles contained all 25 forms of tempo styles. The gamut contained two characteristic; first, gamut having simple pair of sound and second, gamut having mixed pair of sound. The note which is in the lowest level of sound is Note G below the little line at the second line of five lines, in Red Turtle Dove Song and Evening Song. The note which is in the highest level of sound is Note A above the five lines overlay the first little line, in Rainbow Song. Furthermore, there is finding that all songs use only 5 - 7 notes. Songs can be divided by analyzing scales of sound into three song groups, those are: group of five scales (Wai-Kru, Pak-sa-ja-bin, Yam-yen and Kra-tai-jao-kha), group of six scales (Rell-kao-si, Ram-wong-kan-kon-na-teau, Jao-nok-khao, Nok-khao-fai, Ka-wao) and group of seven scales (Roong-gin-nam).