Type of xylophone
Ranat thum |
| Classification | Percussion (idiophone) |
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| Related instruments |
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| Roneat thung, ranat thum lek, ranat ek |
The ranat thum (Thai: ระนาดทุ้ม, pronounced [ranâːt tʰúm]) is a low pitched xylophone used in the music of Thailand. It has 18 wooden keys, which are stretched over a boat-shaped trough resonator. Its shape looks like a ranat ek, but it is lower and wider. It is usually played in accompaniment of a ranat ek.
ranat thum bars are typically made from bamboo, although instruments with rosewood (Dalbergia oliveri; Thai: ไม้ชิงชัน; mai ching chan) bars can also be found.
It is similar to a Cambodian xylophone called roneat thung.
External links
- Sound sample
- ranat thum page
| String | | Plucked | - Chakhe
- Krachappi
- Sueng
- Phin
- Phin pia / Phin namtao
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| Wind | | Flutes | - Khlui
- Khlui lib
- Khlui phiang aw
- Khlui u
- Wot
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| Oboes | - Pi
- Pi nai
- Pi nok
- Pi klang
- Pi chawa
- Pi mon
- Pi chanai
- Pi o
- Pi chum
- Pi so
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| Percussion | |
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