Taphone

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Taphone

Taphon , also tapone ( Thai : ตะโพน , originally Sa-phon) is a double-headed, horizontally played barrel drum that is used in classical Thai music .

The two membrane surfaces with a diameter of 22 and 25 centimeters are played with the palms of the hands and fingers. The drum often has a woven pattern in the middle of the body as an ornament.

The taphon is used almost exclusively in the classical Thai orchestra for wind and percussion instruments, the pi phat . This orchestra accompanies the dance dramas Khon and Lakhon as well as the shadow play Nang Yai . It enjoys a kind of religious esteem, so it is placed in a wooden frame a little higher and receives offerings.

Similar drums in form and function are the Cambodian sampho and the Javanese kendang .

literature

  • Gretel Schwörer-Kohl: Animistic ideas in Thai art music using examples of drum worship in the Pi Phat orchestra. In: Revista de Musicología , Vol. 16, No. 4 (Del XV Congreso de la Sociedad Internacional deMusicología: Culturas Musicales Del Mediterráneo y sus Ramificaciones, Vol. 4) 1993, pp. 1881-1887

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