The Development Program for Thai Musical Terms for Pi Phat Ensemble

Abstract

This qualitative research and experimental research aimed at 1) systematically collecting the knowledge of Thai Musical vocabulary for Pi Phat ensemble by using technology, 2) developing and innovating a new multi-media for learning Thai Musical vocabulary for Pi Phat ensemble with the use of information technology, and 3) transferring the knowledge of Thai Musical vocabulary for Pi Phat ensemble through online applications. With the use of various tools including questionnaires, interviews and usability tests verifying from the developed tools called “Innovative Media for Thai Musical Terms and Vocabulary”, the results were as
followed. 1) The collective knowledge and information includeed 15 important instruments: “Pi Nai”, “Pi Nok”, “Pi chawa”, “Pi Mon”, “Ranad Ek”, “Ranad Thum”, “Gong Wong Yai”, “Gong Wong Lek”, “Taphon, “Klong Tad”, “Klong Taphon”, “Klong song na”, “Taphon Mon”, “Poengmangkok”, and “Klong Khaek” as well as 418 technical vocabularies derived. Such data were saved into the Cloud. 2) The development of instructive media application with the creation of 386 video clips, stored directly on the cloud able to be accessed through applications. 3) The transfer of knowledge could be evaluated in terms of satisfaction into the following sections: (1) for the technical experts, the mean was at 4.00 with the standard deviation at 0.21 which were considered to be at a high level, (2) the overall satisfaction mean from the content experts was at 4.08 with the standard deviation of 0.25 which were also deemed to be at a high level. (3) For the overall satisfaction from the users, the mean was at 4.39 with the standard deviation of 0.08 which were also at a high level.