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| | Type of Songs |
 | | Differences between the style of songs are derived from each, the mahori songs being soft, slow, refined, gentle, and appropriate to their original palace context, while the seephaa songs are aggressive, strong, and quick; they were originally performed both in and outside the palaces. |
| | However, the songs in the present-day seephaa mahori category may be performed upon either piphat or mahori, or khryang sai ensembles and mixed ensembles. |
| | The category is believed to have originated in the era of Rama IV (mid-19th Century), though many of the songs were written somewhat later; it is possible that the full fusion of seephaa and mahori influences occurred after the change of government in 1932. |
| www.seasite.niu.edu /thai/music/classical/thaitheory/songtype.htm (622 words) |
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