THE CONCEPT OF MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR THE PERFORMANCE: DHAVARAVATI - DONG LAKORN TRADITIONAL DANCE

Abstract

This article presents the concepts of musical composition for the traditional dance “Dhavaravati - Dong Lakorn”. This project was a part of the plan to provide academic services to communities in the Dong Lakorn Sub-District, Mueang Nakhon Nayok District Nakhon Nayok Province, organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University in 2018. In this composition, the author conceptualized the framework from the historical study of Dong Lakorn city. The study of the song and band creation concept based on the historical evidence used by the Fine Arts Department as a guideline for creating the Dhavaravati Dance of the Rabam Boran-Kadee was also conducted to design a conceptual framework for the preliminary work. Additionally, the analyzed data was combined with the Theory of Thai music composition, the analysis of Thai songs, and the history of Ban Dong Lakorn during the 15th Buddhist century in order to create this music composition. As a result, this composition was considered a Thai song with a Khmer dialect, using the “Fa” pentatonic scale (Fa Sol La x Do Re x). The song was performed by a unique ensemble band rearranged with this composing concept.