THE INNOVATION OF DURIYASILPA THIN PAK TAI SUITE

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Abstract

         This creative article on the Innovation of Duriyasilpa Thin Pak Tai Suite is part of doctoral research. Doctor of Fine Arts Program in Music. It aimed to create songs and music as the Innovation of Duriyasilpa Thin Pak Tai Suite. Qualitative research methodology was used by collecting data from three target groups of participants and studying the musical identities of both upper and lower southern groups based on the main components: the bands, the musical instruments, the nathap (rhythmic patterns), the melodies, lyrics, keys, and the musical formations to be synthesized and presented as on-stage musical performance.

          The concepts and inspirations for creative music composition are divided into 4 new parts which consisted of 1) Pratombot Duriyasilapa Thin Pak tai, it is to worship sacred things and teachers who gave the knowledge of music to learners; 2) Satayai suebsan ghansangsan, it is to convey the history and importance of southern folk music; 3) Attalak plengtomnong khongprachan, it is to conveys the identity of southern folk drums; 4) Haruhan taibotpleng banlengrom, it is to reflect the mixture of the multiculturalism of music with the southern folk music. These four parts of creative work were designed to show the identity of the southern folk music bands, musical instruments, the rhythms of Natub, the melodies, the lyrics, the tones, and the song forms. These make the song created to be a new dimension of southern folk music which reflects the value of local wisdom in southern folk music. It also meets the needs of the audience nowadays.