{"id":1627,"date":"2013-03-27T17:33:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T17:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2021-08-05T21:02:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T21:02:54","slug":"how-are-thai-musical-notes-written-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/how-are-thai-musical-notes-written-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How are Thai musical notes written? part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given the previously mentioned issues with Thai sheet music, I asked around friends who were more or less Thai traditional music experts to get some guidance. It turns out there is sheet music which has slightly more detail out there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A perfect example can be found here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sakamula.com\/note.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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So what do all those dashes and vertical lines mean?<\/p>\n

Thai music can be divided up into 8 rooms (\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07<\/strong> hawng3), and in each room there are four notes (\u0e42\u0e19\u0e49\u0e15<\/strong> not4). For example:<\/span><\/p>\n

|\u0e14\u0e14\u0e21\u0e0b | – \u0e0b\u0e0b\u0e25 | \u0e17\u0e14\u0e23\u0e21 | – – – – | \u0e21\u0e23\u0e14\u0e25 | \u0e0b\u0e25\u0e14\u0e21 | \u0e14\u0e23\u0e14\u0e14 | – \u0e14\u0e14\u0e14 |<\/p>\n

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A dash symbol (-) can have two meanings. If it is followed right after a note, such as \u0e0b- and \u0e21- in the above example, it means you should extend that note twice as long. Instead of hitting it once, you hit it several times in rapid style. This is called a graw1 \u0e01\u0e23\u0e2d<\/strong>. \u00a0This is regardless of the (-) being in the following room. In this video you can hear both single notes and graw\u2019d notes:<\/p>\n