Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments

• Đàn tranh -16 String zither

The Dan Tranh is also known as Dan Thap Luc or sixteen-stringed zither. Its shape
resembles a bamboo tube that has been sliced vertically in half. The Dan Tranh has
mostly been seen performed by female musicians in Vietnamese traditional dress (Ao
Dai). When played, the instrument is placed in front of the musician, who uses her right
hand to regulate the pitch and vibrate, while plucking the strings with her left hand.
• Đàn tỳ bà - pear-shaped lute with four strings
The Dan Ty Ba is a four-string instrument
which is frequently present in a traditional orchestra. Its soundbox is shaped like a
pear cut in half lengthwise. Its soundboard is made of unvarnished light wood, and
its back is made of hard wood with a slightly convex surface. The neck is short and
tightly fixed to the soundbox. Originally the neck bore no frets; now, however, it
has four frets in addition to eight others on the soundboard and two under the
strings with the highest pitch.
• Đàn đoản (also called đàn tứ) - moon-shaped lute with short neck; little used
• Đàn ghi-ta (also called lục huyền cầm or ghi-ta phím lõm) - "Vietnamized" acoustic
or electric guitar with scalloped fretboard; used primarily in cải lương

• Đàn tứ dây - bass guitar in the shape of a đàn đáy
• Cầm - 7-stringed zither equivalent to the Chinese guqin; no longer used
• Sắt - zither with 25 strings equivalent to the Chinese se; no longer used
• Đàn tính - long-necked lute with a gourd body and two or three silk strings; used by
the Tay, Nung, and Thai ethnic groups
• Bro - fretted zither with a body made of bamboo and a gourd resonator; used by
minority ethnic groups in the Central Highlands
• Brố
• Goong - tube zither with a bamboo body; used by minority ethnic groups in the
Central Highlands
The gong zither is a stringed musical instrument of flipping branch. It is popular among
some ethnicities in the North of the Central Highlands such as Bana, Gia Rai, Xe Dang,
Ro Ngao, Je Trieng. The special instrument often accompanies its player to the field, to
festivals held at the communal long-house, or to a meeting place where the player
reveals his feelings to his lover.
Tâm Plưng
Abel
Tính Then
Kanhi
K'ný
Tàn Máng
Zèn xìn
Cò Ke
I.2/ Bowed
• Đàn gáo - two-stringed vertical fiddle with coconut resonator
Develop from Đàn Nhị, but it biger anh longer.Like HoCam
of China about feature. Đàn Gáo joint in Nhã Nhạc orchestra, Tuồng, Chèo,…
• Đàn hồ - two-stringed vertical fiddle with wooden resonator; hồ derives from Chinese
hu, as in huqin)
• Đàn nhị - two-stringed vertical fiddle
The Dan Nhi is popular among several ethnic
groups in Vietnam. It is also refered to as
Dan Co in southern provinces of Viet Nam.
• K'ni (also spelled k'ny or k'ný) - one-string vertical fiddle
The K'Ni is a stringed musical instrument, sawing bow
branch and is popular among many ethnic minority groups
living in northern highlands (central Vietnam) such as Bahnar,
Gia Rai, E De, Se Dang, Pako, and Hre
I.3:Struck
• Đàn tam thập lục - hammered dulcimer with 36 metal strings
II. Wind
II.2./ Flutes
• Sáo (also called sáo trúc)
Sao truc, the bamboo flute, is made from a stem of fine bamboo pierced with finger
holes.
• Khèn
•
àn K'lông Put Đ
The Klong put is the Xe Dang language name of a musical
instrument of the wind family, air driving-in branch. It is played by ethnic groups in
Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) such as the Xe Dang, Bahnar, Gia Rai, Hre, etc.
• Sáo Mông
• Sáo Di u ề
• Tiêu
• Bỉ đôi
• Kềnh
• Đing jơng (Đing téc)
• Khèn Bè (Kén Pé)
• Đing Tút

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