The concept and composition of Pi Nai’s solo variation by Khru Peep Konglaithong

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The purposes of this research were to study the concept and composition of Khaek Mon Sam Chanin Pi Nai’ssolo variation by Khru Peep Konglaithong.

Research methodology Qualitative Research. Population (Keyinformants) were 10 persons. The research instrument was Unstructured interviews. The data were analyzed by content anaiysis

The results were as follows the concept of composing Pi Nai’s variation in Khaek Mon Sam ChanofKhru Peep Konglaithong was inspired by his father, KhruThiapKonglaithong (the master of Pi Nai) and KhruSuraphonNuchoi from their Pi Nai solo performances in Khaek Mon Sam Chan piece in which there were outstanding musical techniques of playing Pi Nai, including Thiao Wan and ThiaoKeb used in entire three sections of the piece.  Later, KhruBoonchouySovat has given Khru Peep Konglaithong the advance concept that led Khru Peep to recreate Khaek Mon Sam Chan in Pi Nai’ssolo variationhis own in order to enhance his experience of composition and to preserve the extraordinaryPi Nai’stechniques through the composition.

Within the composition, Khru Peep has brought the basic melody of Khaek Mon as a core melody to direct to creation of Pi Nai’s variation with adding particular Pi Nai’s techniques, including KanPaoKhuang Siang, KanPaoLuangChangwa, Kao PaoKha-yi, KanPao Sa-bad, KanPaoProi Siang, KanPaoPhrom, KanPaoPrib, KanPaoKran, KanPao Tot, KanPao Yam Siang, KanPaoKlam Siang.The characteristics of melodic construction in each musical phrase (Sam NuanKlon) used within the piece comprises a number of styles: the style of starting phrase, the style to reflect the unique musical accent of Khaek Mon, the style of particular Pi Nai techniques, the style of accidental change of melodic direction, the style of imitating melodic phrase within musical sentence, the advance style to show extraordinary musical practices of the musician, the energetic style to emphasis particular phrase, the pleasing style to make the phrase attractive, the style to show the coherence of musical phrases, the style to manifest ultimate and relax feeling, the style of concluding the phrase and leading to the next phrase, the style to descend the feeling through musical phrase, and the style of ending phrase.