PEDAGOGICAL METHOD OF MON SONGS IN M.L.SURAK SAWADDIKUL’S SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY BY TASSANAI PINPAT

Abstract

Knowledge Transmission of Mon Songs in M.L. Sawaddikul’s School: A Case Study of Master Tassanai Pinpat is a qualitative research which aims to explore the transmission methods of music knowledge passed on to Master Tassanai Pinpat and to record the audiovisual clip and notes of the main melody of Mon songs in M.L. Surak Sawaddikul’s School.
M.L. Surak Sawaddikul’s School has distinctive characteristics of Mon songs. This school passed on the knowledge of the songs to Master Tassnai Pinpat who was a student living in the school. It is found that the knowledge transmission method used in the school was oral
tradition which involves a uniquemelody of Gong Mon, unique ways to
nurture gratitude in the school, and father teaching method.
The Mon songs of which pictures, sounds, and notes were
recorded consisted of 5 groups: 1) 4 songs for Rum Phee or Rum Sam
That, 2) 14 songs of Pleng Mon Rum, 3) 5 songs for overture and ritual
music, 4) 7 songs of instrumental music, and 5) 1 song for performance
which are 31 songs in total.