The ranat kaeo (Thai: ระนาดแก้ว, pronounced [ranâːt kɛ̂ːw]) is a crystallophone consisting of struck glass bars of varying length, used in the classical music of Thailand. It is usually played with a soft padded mallet.
Related instruments
- Xylophone: an array of wooden bars of various lengths, struck. Greek for "wood sound"; "xylo" is Greek for "wood" and "phone" is Greek for "sound"
- Lithophone: an array of rocks... "litho" is Greek for "rock".
- Pagophone: an array of ice bars... "pago" is Greek for "ice".
External links
- "Glass Xylophone", PBSKids.org. Accessed: February 4, 2017.
| String | | Plucked | - Chakhe
- Krachappi
- Sueng
- Phin
- Phin pia / Phin namtao
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| Bowed | - Saw duang
- Saw u
- Saw sam sai
- Salo
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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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