Creation of Music for Developing Guitar Playing Skills Using Concepts from the Melody of Lanna Traditional songs

The purpose of this study was to compose songs for guitar playing skills development by using the melody approaches from Lanna folk songs. The qualitative research method was utilized for data collection of 7 melodies from Lanna folk songs comprising Tang Chiang Mai, Chapu-Lamai, Selemao, Sopma, Long-nan, Lap-leang, and Pan Fai. These melodies were selected from the Association of Lanna Artists Musical Instruments and were used as a melody model for song compositions in this study. Results showed that the melodies from Lanna folk songs were used to create the core melodies and more complicated chords extending to the creativity for guitar playing skills development in 7 Etudes. The core melodies of the composed songs were embellished through three steps of performance. First, the core melodies of Lanna folk songs were presented. Second, the melodies were paraphrased and embellished by rhythm changing techniques, beginning and ending sentence techniques, guitar techniques, and chromatic notes. Finally, arpeggio techniques were used for development of melodies. The song compositions helped guitarists understand the diversity of song embellishments and elaboration of melodies for the improvisation of playing, promoting Lanna folk songs preservation, and increasing the number of groups of people interested in Lanna folk songs