Listen to Audio Samples from The Best of Thai Classical Music in mp3 format: Thai instruments are classified according to a system said to be borrowed from India in ancient times. Four categories are distinguished according to the human activity producing sound on the given instruments. The words given here for instrument categorization (ditt, sii, tii, paw) are identical to those indicated above as the verbs for playing various instruments. There are many other instruments in the realm of instruments.
