Phin Hai

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Phin hai ( Thai : พิ ฌ ไห ) is a set of two or three ceramic pots of different sizes, the opening of which is covered with a thick rubber band across the middle and which in northeast Thailand , in the Isan region , is struck by hand like a membranophone become. The phin hai , introduced in 1979 but rarely used today, produces dull, deep-sounding tones that serve more rhythmically than melodically to accompany songs in a pong lang ensemble.

The ensemble is named after the xylophone pong long . Further instruments of this ensemble, which belong to the musical tradition of Isan, are the mouth organ khaen , the plucked long-necked lute phin and the long, hourglass-shaped drum klong yao . Among the new instruments is one other than the phin hai one at a bass guitar modified phin .

Some of the melodies come from the khaen repertoire, others were composed especially for this ensemble. The pong lang folk music ensemble stands for a positive charisma and cultural identity of the Isan- speaking population in the region and is popular at family celebrations, other festive events and tourist performances.

literature

  • Terry Miller: From Country Hick to Rural Hip: A New Identity through Music for Northeast Thailand. In: Asian Music, Vol. 36, No. 2, Summer – Autumn 2005, pp. 96–106, here p. 105
  • Terry E. Miller: Thailand. In: Terry E. Miller, Sean Williams (Eds.): Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Volume 4: Southeast Asia . Routledge, New York 2008, p. 171