Performance Skills Exercises of the Kongwonglek for the song “Ching Mulong Chandel” for students of the Thai Classical Music Club, Mahannoparam School

Abstract

This research article aims to Performance Skills Exercises of the Kongwonglek for the song “Ching Mulong Chandel” for students of the Thai Classical Music Club, Mahannoparam School to study the learning achievement before and after learning by using Kongwonglek skill training, Ching Mulong Chandel Song, single level for students of the Thai music club, Mahannoparam School. The sample consisted of three Thai music club students who chose to study the Kongwonglek. The research instruments used were: 1. Three sets of Kongwonglek skill training exercises Ching Mulong song for the 3 sets. Exercise Set 1 covered general knowledge about Kongwonglek; Exercise Set 2 covered basic Kongwonglek practice; and Exercise Set 3 covered Kongwonglek practice for the single-tiered Ching Mulong Chandel song. Pre- tests and Post-tests assessed the learning achievement of the Kongwonglek. The research results revealed that: 1)the three sets of Kongwonglek skill training exercises Ching Mulong song for the 3 sets were accurate and appropriate; and 2) Pre- tests and Post-tests assessed the learning achievement of the Kongwonglek. The mean scores of the students had a difference of 11 points. The scores before using Kongwonglek practice set had a score value (Mean = 16.3 , S.D. = 1.25) and the scores after using the Kongwonglek practice set had a score value (Mean = 27.3 , S.D. = 0.47). The difference was statistically significant (t = 19.05 , Sig = 0.003).