The Vietnamese Traditional Zither: A Bridge Through Time
Vietnamese Traditional Zither – A Bridge Through Time…
As centuries passed, music has turned into not only just entertainment but also a kind of art. It can draw rhythm of the heart, tell a love story, say a phase of history and even show clearly the cultural indentify of every nation. Chasing back to the music flow of Vietnam which has many changes due to various history evolvements, people still can see a cross-time presence of the Vietnamese Zither (Dan Tranh). Nowadays, between modern city lights and sounds, Vietnamese Zither appears as a special lady with her own charm of a classic and elegant beauty.
History
The Zither (Dan Tranh) is a traditional musical instrument starting imported to Vietnam in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. …show more content…
However, the Vietnamese Zither still has it own unique characteristics creating and developing by Vietnamese people through hundred years. Description
Structure:
The Zither normally has a length from 104 to 120 cm, with body width about 20-30cm and height from 15-20cm. The size will be due to number of strings. Its body is a rectangular sounding box which is made of Paulownia wood. Other details like side-pieces, movable bridges, and tuning horses are made of hard wood with strong bolder color while the strings are made of steel. To perform Zither, artists usually wear finger picks made of metal, plastic, or tortoise-shell for audio amplification.
The Vietnamese Zither can have a pure natural and simple appearance representing for most of Vietnamese labors like …show more content…
Every scale is equivalent to 5 strings, starting from the outside of the Zither. The low range is begin with a string tuned in C3 then finished at A3. It is bass note, quite deep and reminds of something old, ancient and memorable of the past. Therefore, it is used mostly for imposing and majestic songs. Next, the second range from C4 to A4 strings is medium tone which is happier, brighter and slightly cheers up audience’s mood. Lastly, the highest scale (C5-A5) with high, clear and thinner notes is somewhat like a touch of delight, cheerfulness and happiness of the future. Different versions of the Vietnamese Zither will have different number of added strings with F6, G6 or A6, so it can express more shades of human
As centuries passed, music has turned into not only just entertainment but also a kind of art. It can draw rhythm of the heart, tell a love story, say a phase of history and even show clearly the cultural indentify of every nation. Chasing back to the music flow of Vietnam which has many changes due to various history evolvements, people still can see a cross-time presence of the Vietnamese Zither (Dan Tranh). Nowadays, between modern city lights and sounds, Vietnamese Zither appears as a special lady with her own charm of a classic and elegant beauty.
History
The Zither (Dan Tranh) is a traditional musical instrument starting imported to Vietnam in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. …show more content…
However, the Vietnamese Zither still has it own unique characteristics creating and developing by Vietnamese people through hundred years. Description
Structure:
The Zither normally has a length from 104 to 120 cm, with body width about 20-30cm and height from 15-20cm. The size will be due to number of strings. Its body is a rectangular sounding box which is made of Paulownia wood. Other details like side-pieces, movable bridges, and tuning horses are made of hard wood with strong bolder color while the strings are made of steel. To perform Zither, artists usually wear finger picks made of metal, plastic, or tortoise-shell for audio amplification.
The Vietnamese Zither can have a pure natural and simple appearance representing for most of Vietnamese labors like …show more content…
Every scale is equivalent to 5 strings, starting from the outside of the Zither. The low range is begin with a string tuned in C3 then finished at A3. It is bass note, quite deep and reminds of something old, ancient and memorable of the past. Therefore, it is used mostly for imposing and majestic songs. Next, the second range from C4 to A4 strings is medium tone which is happier, brighter and slightly cheers up audience’s mood. Lastly, the highest scale (C5-A5) with high, clear and thinner notes is somewhat like a touch of delight, cheerfulness and happiness of the future. Different versions of the Vietnamese Zither will have different number of added strings with F6, G6 or A6, so it can express more shades of human