Vietnamese music and instruments

T'rung
17/04/2012 04:51
� This traditional folk-musical instrument is made of short bamboo tubes differing in size, with a notch at one end and a beveled edge at the other. The long big tubes give off low-pitched tones while the short small ones produce high-pitched tones. The tubes are arranged lengthwise...
The Trong Com
17/04/2012 04:31
The Trong Com � The trong com, a symbol of Vietnam culture , consists of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over one or both ends, played by beating with sticks. � The player, when standing, has the trong com slung over his stomach. When sitting he...
New audiences for old tunes
18/01/2012 09:48
"I dreamed of this theatre for a long time," said theatre founder Huynh Anh Tuan. "I noticed that tourists in HCM City didn't know where to go to hear Vietnamese traditional music . They don't know where to go to learn more about Vietnamese traditional culture ." � The...
Vietnamese Dan Tranh musical instrument
31/10/2011 09:02
Dan Tranh has a long-parallelepiped shape, resembles a bamboo tube that has been sliced vertically in half.. The frame of the instrument has trapezium-shape, 110-120 cm in length. The large end is 25-30 cm in width with holes and to hang the strings. The narrow is 15-20 cm in width with 16...

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