Name: Lan Na Thai for Alto Saxophone and Pre-recorded Sounds by Sy Brandon Alto Sax Solo Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Sy Brandon
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Lan Na Thai for Alto Saxophone and Pre-recorded Sounds
by Sy Brandon Alto Sax Solo - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Lan Na Thai for Alto Saxophone and Pre-recorded Sounds

Artist Sy Brandon

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Sy Brandon

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 20

Arrangement Alto Sax Solo

Publisher Sy Brandon

Level 5

Product ID 851577

Genre World Contemporary Multicultural 20th Century

Instruments Alto Sax

Product Description

A free mp3 file of the pre-recorded sounds for this composition is available here, Lan Na Thai was composed during 2008 at the request of Dr. Andy Wen for a performance at the 2009 World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. The composition is in three movements with each titled after a different period in Thailand history. The piece is loosely programmatic as it tries to capture the general mood of each era, rather than specific events. I. Sukhothai (The Dawn of Happiness) This movement reflects the ideal state, a land of plenty, and is peaceful. II. Ayutthaya This movement reflects a period of wealth that is characterized by wars with Burma. III. The Chakri Dynasty This movement reflects the more hectic pace of modern society where Thailand moves from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. Folk music of Thailand is built on a seven-note scale of equal intervals. The fourth and seventh notes of this scale are often used only for ornamental purposes. In order to approximate this scale, a pentatonic scale is used as it is like a major scale with the fourth and seventh tones removed. The pre-recorded sounds approximate some of the instruments traditionally used in Thai folk music.

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