The Study of Solo Saxophone in Sarathee Samchan Song : A Case Study of Khru Saman Rakchan

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study Khru Saman Rakchan’s biography, his works  in music, his technique to play music, the idiomatic poetry and the relationship between the saxophone and the Kong Wong Yai to play Sarathee Samchan Song. It was a descriptive research that the data were collected from documents, text-books, printed matters, tape-records and interviews.

            The results of this research were as follow:

            Khru Saman Rakchan had lived in Amphor Banna, Nakonnayok Province. His parents were farmers and they had got 6 children. He used to be a naval officer. He was also a clarinet’s in Royal Thai Navy Music Division. Later, he resigned to be a musician at folk band   of Sayan Sanya and returned to be a naval officer again. At last, he transferred to be a teacher at Wat Don Thong School. His remarkable work was that his students competed to blow the alto saxophone by solo saxophone in Sarathee Samchan Song and won the golden medal. The researcher found that his technique to play music and the idiomatic poetry were used 5 techniques that were Conjunct Motion, Disjunct Motion, Appossiatura, Trill and Circular Breathing which the saxophone’s had to study and practice to be expert. The relationship between saxophone and the Kong Wong Yai to play Sarathee Samchan Song was that there were three scales; C scale, F scale and B scale, in the first verse and the Luk Tok in six scales; C scale, D scale, F scale, G scale, A scale and B scale; between the saxophone and the Kong Wong Yai were the same. There were two scales; C scale and F scale; in the second and the third verses and the Luk Tok of the saxophone and the Kong Wong Yai were the same. In the third verse, there were two scales; C scale and F scale; and the Luk Tok of saxophone and the Kong Wong Yai were the same in six scales; C scale, D scale, E scale, F scale, G scale and  A scale. The melody and the idiomatic poetry to solo of the saxophone in Sarathee Samchan Song of Khru Saman denoted his intelligence, his creativity and his affection in Thai Songs.