This week is about an Instrumental (short) "Opera" :)
It's a short skit based on a Love Story. The song was written by Jaran Manopet, a Chiangmai native song writer who wrote song by using Northern Thai dialect. The song was very popular among Thai and Foreigners who live in Thailand. The story is about a local boy, who has an old bicycle, falls in love with a beautiful girl who of course does not like the poor boy back. She is (of course) eyeing another boy who is rich and always ride a super cool motor bike.
The boy would ride his old bicycle to visit the girl in the evening everyday. Trying to impress her with his bicycle and his sweet talk, however the girl is bored and does not want to talk to him....Suddenly, a motor bike passes by, the girl smile and act excitedly trying to look at the rich boy who is wearing nice shirt on a cool motor bike and she yells out..."Hi handsome....where have you been?"
The poor boy was heard and very disappointed that his crush does not want to be with him. Instead, she is eyeing someone else, someone that rich! So, the poor boy is thinking to sell all of his rice fields to buy an even cooler bigger motor bike than the other guys has. He will come to visit the girl and show off the motor bike and does not care if she was gaging the smoke from the bike......Ha Ha Ha
(performance video below)
Lyrics
อ้ายคนจนจำต้องทนปั่นรถถีบ จะไปจีบอีน้องคนงาม
พอไปถึงอ้ายก็ฟ่างเอิ้นถาม พอไปถึงอ้ายก็ฟ่างเอิ้นถาม อีน้องคนงามกินข้าวแลงแล้วกา
น้องได้ยินก็ปิดประตูดังปั้ง อ้ายเลยฟ่างจูงรถถีบออกมา
อ้ายคนจนบ่มีวาสนา อ้ายคนจนบ่มีวาสนา จะไปขี่ฮอนด้าหรือยามาฮ่าไปได้จะใด
กำเดียวก็มีรถยามาฮ่า ร้อยซาวห้าก๋ายหน้าอ้ายไป
น้องได้ยินก็ฟ่างลุกตามไฟ น้องได้ยินก็ฟ่างลุกตามไฟแล้วเอิ้นออกไป (อ้ายมอเตอร์ไซค์ไปไหนมาเจ้า)
อ้ายได้ยินยังมาผิดใจแต๊ว่า จะขายนาซื้อคาวาซักกัน
พอไปถึงอ้ายจะเบิ้ลน้ำมัน พอไปถึงอ้ายจะเบิ้ลน้ำมัน ฮื่อน้องแก๊นควันตายช่างมันสาวมอเตอร์ไซค์
(ดนตรี)
กำเดียวก็มีรถยามาฮ่า ร้อยซาวห้าก๋ายหน้าอ้ายไป
น้องได้ยินก็ฟ่างลุกตามไฟ น้องได้ยินก็ฟ่างลุกตามไฟแล้วเอิ้นออกไป (อ้ายเสื้อลายไปไหนมาเจ้า)
อ้ายได้ยินยังมาผิดใจแต๊ว่า จะขายนาซื้อคาวาซักกัน
พอไปถึงอ้ายจะเบิ้ลน้ำมัน พอไปถึงอ้ายจะเบิ้ลน้ำมัน ฮื่อน้องแก๊นควันตายช่างมันสาวมอเตอร์ไซค์
Translation in English (Roughly)
Oh I am a poor bicycle boy (man). I just want to be your love.
When I arrived at your place, I asked “Have you had your dinner?”
She answered by shutting the door “Bang”. I rushed out of the her place.
Oh I am a poor bicycle boy. I would like to have a Honda or a Yamaha (motor bike)
Suddenly out of the blue, there was a rich bike boy with his cool 125cc. Yamaha passed me by.
My beautiful girl heard that she got up and light her lamp and yelling out loud
“Hey cool and handsome biker boy where are you going?”
Oh I am a poor bicycle boy. Her question (to the biker boy) made me so mad. I will sell all my rice fields and buy a Kawasaki motor bike. When I met you, I will cover you up with the smoke of my new motor bike till you have no air.
-Music Interlude-
Suddenly out of the blue, there was a rich bike boy with his cool 125cc. Yamaha passed me by.
My beautiful girl heard that she got up and light her lamp and yelling out loud
“Hey cool and handsome biker boy where are you going?”
Oh I am a poor bicycle boy. Her question (to the biker boy) made me so mad. I will sell all my rice fields and buy a Kawasaki motor bike. When I met you, I will cover you up with the smoke of my new motor bike till you have not air.
(performance video below)
Chaipruck Mekara arranged the song for several ensembles list below:
for Brass Quintet.
to Listen: https://soundcloud.com/user-120496353/biker-girl-brass-quintet-versionarrangement
Biker Girl (a Classic Thai Tune) for Woodwind Quintet Arrangement
Biker Girl (a Classic Thai Tune) for Low Brass Ensemble
Biker Girl (a Classic Thai Tune) for Clarinet Quintet- 4 Bb + Bass
More sheet music from Chamber music without piano, please click here
https://chaipruckmekara.com/collections/chamber-music-without-piano
Pop music orchestra arrangements. Sax quartet sheet music. Pop orchestra sheet music.
Performance video: https://chaipruckmekara.com/products/biker-girl-a-classic-local-pop-northern-thai-tune-for-clarinet-quartet-score-parts?_pos=2&_sid=fb591cbdd&_ss=r
Clarinet quartet sheet music. Pop music for orchestra. Duet sheet music. Contemporary concert band. Symphony orchestra sheet music. contemporary orchestral music. contemporary symphony. contemporary orchestra music. best symphony orchestra.
This week technique:
How to play Pitch Bending on Clarinet: (with video)
A pitch bend is a music effect on where one note will slide to another note. This clarinet technique is widely used in many style of music, specially Jazz. However, many of the contemporary classical music number of composers also love to cooperate this flashy and fun technique in their works. In Klezmer music also use this charming sound to make the piece unique. The technique also appear in many works on this website, such as kheak rumwong for clarinet quartet, clarinet quintet, woodwind quartet, sax quartet as well as string quartet. Also in Biker girl for brass quintet low brass ensemble, clarinet quintet and sax quartet. The arranger also uses this technique in one of the most popular BTS song, dynamite for clarinet ensemble, flute ensemble, sax quartet as well as clarinet and piano sheet music, sax and piano sheet music, flute and piano sheet music
In this video, I will show how to play pitch bending on the Clarinet in 3 easy steps. With the opening excerpt of the István Kohán - Konzertstück á la Feidman as example.
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If you have questions, you may send me a message via my contact information or on the comment area.
Online Lessons are available: Music Composition Conducting Instrumentation/Orchestration Arranging Music Theory Clarinet Saxophone Line ID: cmekara Messenger (Facebook): Chaipruck Mekara WeChat: cmekara WhatsApp; Chaipruck Mekara Instagram: Chaipruck Mekara Email: jjcadenza5@gmail.com
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How to play glissando or portamento on the Clarinet:
Glissando is a discrete portamento whereas portamento is a continuous glissando. The technique is one of the most well known clarinet techniques. Many composers or arrangers cooperate the unique sound into their works such as chamber music: clarinet quintet, clarinet quartet, clarinet duet, clarinet chamber music or clarinet solo as well as the clarinet part in Concert band music, Symphonic wind music, Pop orchestra and Symphony orchestra. You can find the technique in many of these sheet music.
In this video, I show how to play glissando or portamento on the Clarinet in 3 easy steps. With the opening excerpt of the Rhapsody in Blue by Sir George Gershwin as example. If you have questions, you may send me a message via my contact information.
Chaipruck Mekara's YouTube Channel
Online Lessons are available: Music Composition Conducting Instrumentation/Orchestration Arranging Music Theory Clarinet Saxophone Line ID: cmekara Messenger (Facebook): Chaipruck Mekara WeChat: cmekara WhatsApp; Chaipruck Mekara Instagram: Chaipruck Mekara Email: jjcadenza5@gmail.com
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