Đờn Ca Tài Tử
Đờn ca tài tử (Chữ Hán: ) or nhạc tài tử (樂才子) is a genre of chamber music in the traditional music of southern Vietnam. Its instrumentation resembles that of the ca Huế style; additionally, modified versions of the European instruments guitar, violin, and steel guitar are used. ''Vọng cổ'' ("Longing for the Past") is one of the more popular ''tài tử'' melodies, and was composed in 1919 by songwriter ông Sáu Lầu, of Bạc Liêu Province in southern Vietnam. Etymology The term comes from the Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary, Sino-Vietnamese terms ''nhạc'' (wikt:樂, 樂, literally "music") and ''tài tử'' (wikt:才子, 才子, literally "virtuoso"; the original Chinese meaning was "gifted scholar"). Performance The ensemble commonly uses five instruments, often referred to as the “Ngũ Tuyệt” (Five Treasures), which include the đàn tranh (16-string zither), đàn tỳ bà (pear-shaped lute), đàn kìm (moon lute), đàn cò (spike fiddle), ...
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