''Phleng Thai sakon'' (; ) refers to Thai music in which traditional elements are blended with the use of Western notation and instruments. In the narrow sense, the term refers to the early movement in which this style of music was popularized. This roughly corresponds to the first half of the twentieth century, until the 1950s, when the style was split along cultural lines between the rural ''

luk thung Luk thung (, , ) is a genre of Thai music that emerged after World War II in the Central Thailand, central region of Thailand. The genre was derived from phleng Thai sakon, and developed in the early-20th century. Suphan Buri in particular beca ...

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luk krung Luk krung (, ; ) is a genre of Thai music. It is a more polished, urban style, compared to its folk music counterpart, ''luk thung''.Roongrang, Panya. "Music of Thailand, II: Regional and Popular Music". ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicia ...

''. In the wider sense, the term refers to all genres of Westernized Thai music (i.e. excluding folk and classical Thai), including ''

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phleng phuea chiwit Phleng phuea chiwit (; IPA:; ) describes a type of Thai folk rock, strongly influenced by elements of Western contemporary folk and rock music with a protest theme mainly centred on the hardship of working-class people and in favor of a democr ...

'' and modern

Thai pop Thai pop or T-pop, is a genre of Thai music roughly equivalent to pop music. It emerged in the 1970s–1980s, during which it was known as string music, before gaining mainstream popularity during the 1990s and has since dominated the Thai musi ...

(pop, luktung-pop, lukkwad-pop) and

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. As a genre, the most representative composer of ''phleng Thai sakon'' is

Eua Sunthornsanan Eua Suntornsanan (; ; January 21, 1910, Amphawa, Samut Songkhram Province – April 1, 1981) was a singer, Thai composer and bandleader of the Suntaraporn Band. He was a pioneer in introducing Western music into Thai culture. He started the tre ...

, who popularized the genre during the 1930s – 1940s.

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