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Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments are the musical instruments used in the traditional and classical musics of Vietnam. They comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments, used by both the Viet (Kinh) majority as well as the nation's ethnic minorities.
Plucked
Đàn bầu - monochord zither: often tuned C3, though tuning varies
Đàn nguyệt (also called nguyệt cầm, đàn kìm or Quân tử cầm) - moon-shaped two-string lute: no fixed tuning; strings are tuned a 4th, 5th, or 7th (minor), derived from the Chinese yueqin
Đàn tỳ bà - pear-shaped lute with four strings derived from the Chinese pipa; tuned C4 F4 G4 C5
Đàn tứ (also called đàn đoản): short-necked round-bodied lute derived from the Chinese yueqin or, beginning in the 20th century, a square-shaped, flat-backed, 4-string lute with short neck, tuned C3 G3 D4 A4
Guitar phím lõm (also called lục huyền cầm, ghi-ta phím lõm, or Đàn ghita) - "Vietnamized" acoustic or electric 5-string guitar with scalloped fretboard; used primarily in cải lương: tuned C3 F3 C4 G4 C5
Đàn tính - long-necked lute with a gourd body and two or three silk strings derived from the Chinese Zhuangtianqin (天琴); 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
Goong - tube zither with a bamboo body; used by minority ethnic groups in the Central Highlands
Đàn đá - lithophone, commonly having 9+ stone bars, 65–102cm (26–40in) in length. It is believed the instrument dates back to 1000 BC. Also called Goong Lú (M'nong people), Kologolo (M'nong people), Gôông Luk (Mạ people).
Klông pút - Bamboo tube xylophone; hands are clapped near ends of tubes to produce musical tones
Đàn tre ("bamboo instrument") - A hybrid form of the Vietnamese plucked string instrument, similar to a Đàn tính, called a Đàn tre, was created by Nguyễn Minh Tâm, who escaped from Vietnam in 1982 and ultimately settled in Australia. The instrument has twenty-three 800mm (31in)-long wire strings attached to a bamboo tube with a metal hose-clamp around the top rim. A 4 litres (0.88impgal; 1.1USgal), rectangular olive oil tin, which acts as a resonator, is clamped to the base of the tube. The instrument is capable of playing both Vietnamese and Western music. The instrument can be seen and recordings of it being played by its creator can be heard at the National Museum of Australia.[2]
Wilson, Jennifer (2008). Deacon, Desley; Russell, Penny; Woollacott, Angela (eds.). Transnational Ties: Australian Lives in the World. ANU E press. p.289. ISBN978-1-921536-20-5. The dàn tre, translated simply as 'bamboo musical instrument', is the invention of Minh Tam Nguyen. Made from available materials first in Vietnam, then in the Philippines...