The phách (, )) is a type of claves. A pair has two small wooden sticks which are beaten on a small bamboo platform to serve as percussion by the female vocalist during performances of
ca trù
''Ca trù'' (, , "tally card songs"), also known as hát cô đầu or hát nói, is a Vietnamese genre of musical storytelling performed by a featuring female vocalist, with origins in northern Vietnam. For much of its history, it was associated ...
"song with clappers", in Northern Vietnam.
[Barley Norton ''Ca trù: a Vietnamese chamber music genre'']
References
Vietnamese musical instruments
Asian percussion instruments
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