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The strings are made of steel and have varying diameters. They are tuned to the pentatonic scale. Performers usually wear picks made of metal, plastic, or tortoise-shell to pluck the strings. The standard version of the đàn tranh had 16 strings and had been used between the nineteenth century and the late 1980s. [2]
Đàn sến - two-string lute derived from the Chinese meihuaqin; Đàn tam - fretless lute derived from the Chinese sanxian with snakeskin-covered body and three strings: tuned F3 C4 F4; Đàn tranh - long zither derived from the Chinese guzheng; Đàn tỳ bà - pear-shaped lute with four strings derived from the Chinese pipa; tuned C4 F4 G4 C5
Đàn doan (Dan nhat; Dan tu) Đàn gáo; Dan ghita (Luc huyen cam; Vong co guitar) Đàn nguyệt (Dan kim) Đàn sen; Đàn tam; Đàn thập lục; Dan tinh; Đàn tranh; Đàn tỳ bà; K'ni; Luc huyen cam; Wales: Crwth; Neola; Zambia: Karindula
This term literally means "nostalgia for the past", it is a special type of singing with the background music often being the đàn tranh zither or the đàn ghi-ta (Vietnamized guitar). In a typical cải lương play, the actresses and actors would use a combination of regular spoken dialogue and vọng cổ to express their thoughts and ...
Originally, the đàn bầu was a tube zither, made of just four parts: a bamboo tube, a wooden rod, a coconut shell half, and a silk string. The string was strung across the bamboo, tied on one end to the rod, which is perpendicularly attached to the bamboo. The coconut shell was attached to the rod, serving as a resonator. In present days ...
The đàn tre consists of two parts: a bamboo tube which its 23 strings are pegged on and an amplification box made from a four-litre Dante olive oil can. [2] The strings are guitar strings and are 80 cm long. Strings are connected to the bamboo tube by steel tuning keys. The instrument is secured using various hose clamps.
The đàn tứ (chữ Hán: 彈四) (tứ meaning "four" in Sino-Vietnamese, referring to the instrument's number of strings), also called đàn đoản (đoản meaning "short," referring to the instrument's neck) or đàn tứ tròn (tròn meaning "round"), is a traditional Vietnamese stringed musical instrument, this is short-necked, round-bodied lute derived from the Chinese yueqin, with ...
The đàn lục huyền cầm (chữ Hán: 彈六絃琴) (literally "lute with six strings"), or colloquially đàn ghi-ta phím lõm (literally ghi-ta "guitar", + phím "fret", + lõm "sunken"), is a scalloped Vietnamese adaptation of the French guitar. The guitar, or ghi-ta, was adopted by Vietnamese musicians during the 19th Century.