Abstract:
The study of the music for shadow puppet shows by master Boonsong Kraidech in Rayong province of Thailand. The purpose of the study was to find out the unique characteristics of the music for the shadow puppet show in Rayong province. In addition, the study aimed to study about the history of The shadow puppet show by master Boonsong Kraidech including the musical for the Shadow Puppet Show of Master Boonsong Kraidech. The study revealed that the music for the show was influenced by the music of shadow puppet show in the southern region of Thailand. The shadow puppet show by master Boonsong Kraidech was established in 1978 which was inherited by Master Ring Sirikum. The masterpiece performance of Master Ring Sirikum was awarded the honorable artist of Rayang in 2012. According to the study of the announcement songs of the show the researcher found that there were some modern musical instruments used in the song and made the music change in the time of globalization and changing of the world. Therefore, some music instruments were not played for instance Thai flute while bongo drum was added in order to control the dynamic of the song. The audience and the employers were appreciated to the more modern music. Applying modern music instrument was not aim to eradicate the traditional music. The music instrument for The shadow puppet shows by master Boonsong Kraidech were mixed with many instrument and similar to the music for the show called No Rah and southern shadow puppet show (Tha Lung). The heritage of this music was developed and influenced the music in Rayong Province in the show called Khon Sod and La Khon Cha Tri. The music instrument for the shadow puppet show in the south of Thailand consist of a pair of Klong Thook drum, a pair of Tone drum, a set of Nong Neng, a pair of Ching, Charb, Krub including a set of bongo drum. The music of the overture found that there were 8 differenkinds of the dynamics. Further, there was 6different actors. The six characters included (1) main character of the actor; (2) the main character of the actress; (3) Giant; (4) Comedian; (5) Excitement and (6) the movement of the actors. In addition, the director of the show used folk music, LhaeorChoi for the show. And Rayongs dialect heard in the music. The melody of the announcement songs found that it was assigned to follow the sound of Sol, La, Ti, Do, and Re. Most parts of the song used scale of music Tang Nai. The unique characteristic of the show was the director of the show composed the music by himself which required the special skills, techniques, professionals and good quality of voice. Sometimes the director of the show was able to conduct the show by using only his voice without any music form the beginning to the end of the show.