Abstract:
Khlui Trio Ensemble was a classical Thai music band which composed of 3 types of Thai musical instruments; Khlui-peangor Khlui-leap and Khlui-au. Mr. Suwit Bawornwattana was a person who created this type of music band. Mr. Tieb Konglaithong, Mr. Yanyong Dangkoon, and Mr. Surachai Dangkoon were the first tree music players who recored this type of music. The purposes of this research was to study the context of woodwind instruments in Khlui Trio Ensemble, the system of practicing and transmission method of Thai woodwind instruments of Mr. Peep Konglaithong, and the counterpoint for Khlui trio ensemble. The qualitative research was employed to conduct this research including interviews, the observations and the data collecting from various resources such as books, documents, articles and cassette tapes. The result of the study has shown that Khlui-peangor was developed from Peea-ow but Khlui-leap and Khlui-au were developed later. The Oral Tradition was used to instruct by Mr. Peep Konglaithong. The counterpoint for Khlui trio ensemble are improvisation al techniques to create melodies. There are similar and different variations considering space, clearness, balance, and unity for improvisation.