Kru Sornchai Tengratlom’s Knowledge Transmission Processes of Six-string Lute (Sueng Hok Sai) – The Northern Thai Folk Music Instrument

Abstract

          This qualitative research aimed to study Kru Sornchai  Tengratlom’s approach in knowledge transmission in northern Thai folk music instrument six-string lute– Sueng Hok Sai.  The structured interview and participatory observation were used as the research instruments and collected data from the informative group consisted of 11 people.  The group was divided into the in-depth information knowledgeable group and the practitioners who were directly trained by Kru Sornchai  Tengratlom.

          The results revealed that Kru Sornchai  Tengratlom, a northern Thai folk music instrument expert, transmitted his music instrument knowledge by orally teaching, one-by-one teaching, and hands-on teaching.  In order to suit the instruction and to make it easy to teach, students were divided into 2 groups; students with no folk music instrument background knowledge and students with folk music instrument background knowledge.  Kru Sornchai  Tengratlom has recorded music notes in manuscript to support any interested people in learning northern Thai folk music instrument, to transfer knowledge and to conserve northern Thai folk music instruments.