By: Reem Abdalla and Sarah Hamadouche Vietnam’s Traditional Instruments The Vietnamese Traditional Instruments consist of a wide range of string, wind and Wind Instruments: • Sao, a transverse flute made of bamboo or hardwood • Ken, a class of double reed instruments • Pua, a brass trumpet without valves • Oc, a conch trumpet Percussion Instruments: Other: • Dao Long, a singing bowl • Dan Moi, a jaw harp • Trong, a drum played with sticks • T’ru’ng, an xylophone made of bamboo • Sinh Tien, a coin clapper • Song Lang, a wood blocker Stringed Instruments • Dan Sen, a two stringed lute • Dan Tranh, a long zither • Dan Day, a lute with a long neck and strings with a body shaped like a trapezoid • Dan Gao, a vertical violin with strings and a coconut resonator • Dan Tam Thap Lue, a hammered dulcimer with 36 metal strings percussion instruments Vietnamese Traditional Music Scale This cultural music has its most of its music passed down by it being written down The Vietnamese cultural music also has a scale, which would be the pentatonic scale (5 notes) However in the 1930s, is adopted the Western diatonic (seven notes) Messages Passed On By the Music Quan Ho: it talks about the love and the sentimental desire of young adults • Nhac Dam Ma is used in funeral music • Hat Chau Van is used as a spiritual form of music played in ceremonies • Quan Ho is used in courtship rituals Traditional Music In Different Situations Contrasting Music Ca Tru Cheo Opera Contrasting Music Entertaining, lively beat, done in an opera, group of people usually singing Difference in Music Calm and soothing voice, not a big clash of instruments, only one person singing, always a woman What I Liked About the Music Bibliography http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deDZmPLf8ng http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNhgCUk0LEA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z22zASE4H8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M4NqdMKDf8 http://www.vietnamonline.com/culture/quan-ho -alternate-singing.html http://www.ehow.com/about-5082519-vietnamese/arts-music-traditionalvietnam.htm http://www.vietnamtourpackages.com/Vietnam-Travel-Guide/the-culturevietnam/arts-music-traditional-vietnam.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Vietnam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Vietnamese_musical_instruments