Moon Lute
Dan Nguyet (moon) or Dan Kim
A 2-string with name refers to shape of the sound box. Unlike the Chinese
yue'k'i`n, Dan Kim has long, slender fingerboard with unequal
frets allows which extreme modulations.
Dan Nhi or Dan Co
A fiddle played with a bow, having 2 strings tuned at intervals of a
fifth, an unfretted fingerboard, and a pipe-bowl-shaped sound-box. The wooden resonant box is held between the musician's knees sitting on a stool. The cylinder is held between the musician's feet in sitting position. Dan Nhi is called Dan Co in South Vietnam.
Dan Gao or Dan Ho
Slightly bigger than the Dan Nhi with hemispherical resonance box made
of coconut. Its sweet sonority resembles that of cello. Same holding
positions as of Dan Co.
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Monochord
Dan Bau or Dan Doc Huyen
An acoustical instrument consisting of a sounding box with one string
and a movable bridge, used to study musical tones. The instrument's
single string stretchs over a trapezoidal wood soundboard. The soundboard
is made of the hard rind of the bau (type of gourd). Subtle ornamentations,
glissandi sounds, and imitation of the human voice could be produced
by simultaneously plucking the string and pulling the ancient whammy
bar.
K'Ni
Strangest, oddest looking instruments in the world! It comes from the
Ede people of the Tay Nguyen highlands. A cross between a harmonica
and a fiddle. By using his/her mouth as a resonator, the musician can
inflect or "pronounce" each note. Similar effects to the talk-box
with electric guitar used by Peter Frampton or blow-pipe controller
with synthesizer used by Funk musicians.
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