I found this piece after watching a few different songs on Chamni Sripraram’s YouTube Page. He is a teacher at Northern Illinois University who shares music from Thailand and Southeast Asia. His YouTube page has many cool videos and some neat fusion songs with various instruments from the area.
The Khruang Sai Ensemble piece has a bit of crossover instrument wise. The music is like that of a Piphat, light, bright, and quick giving it a happy feel, but has all sorts of instruments playing. In the back row, you see a pi nai player, and next to him is a ching player, with a thon ramana player at the end. The front row sees a don co player on either side of a zither. This zither is a little different in shape to that of the dan tranh. The dan tranh is more rectangular in shape with a curved top, but this one is rectangular on one side with almost a banjo type curve on the other side.
Khruang Sai Ensemble: https://youtu.be/uG84h4NXQpY?si=b6AiuvLifYFJOLir
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