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The đàn nguyệt ( "moon lute") also called nguyệt cầm, đàn kìm, is a two-stringed
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The đàn nguyệt ( "moon lute") also called nguyệt cầm, đàn kìm, is a two-stringed Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
ese traditional musical instrument.The Garland handbook of Southeast Asian music - Page 262 Terry E. Miller, Sean Williams - 2008 "This lute is the only stringed instrument used to accompany ca trù singing. The đàn nguyệt or đàn kìm is a moon-shaped, long-necked lute with two silk strings (Figure 13.17). Though literary sources suggest that this instrument has an ..." It is used in both folk and classical music, and remains popular throughout Vietnam (although during the 20th century many Vietnamese musicians increasingly gravitated toward the acoustic and electric guitar).
The đàn nguyệt's strings, formerly made of twisted silk
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, are today generally made of nylon
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or fishing line
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. They are kept at a fairly low tension in comparison to the guitar and other European plucked instruments. This, and the instrument's raised frets, allow for the bending tones which are so important to the proper interpretation of Vietnamese traditional music. Such bending tones are produced by pressing the string toward the neck rather than bending to the side. The strings are generally plucked with a small plectrum; often a plastic guitar pick
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is used.
The instrument's standard Vietnamese name, ''đàn nguyệt'', literally means "moon string instrument" (''đàn'' is the generic term for "string instrument" and ''nguyệt'' means "moon"). Its alternate name, ''nguyệt cầm'', also means "moon string instrument" (''cầm'' meaning "string instrument" in Sino-Vietnamese, coming from the Chinese yuèqín, 月琴).
See also
*Yueqin
The ''yueqin'' (; ja, 月琴, Gekkin; ko, 월금/月琴, Wolgeum; vi, Nguyệt cầm), also called a moon lute or moon guitar, is a traditional Chinese string instrument. It is a lute with a round, hollow soundboard, a short fretted neck, a ...
*Music of Vietnam
Traditional Vietnamese music encompasses a large umbrella of Vietnamese music from antiquity to present times, and can also encompass multiple groups, such as those from Vietnam's ethnic minority tribes.
History
Traditional Vietnamese music has ...
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