Ha Noi, our latest instrument and the first in our new location-based series, PORTALS was made in collaboration with several amazing musicians.
Get to know the artists and the instruments that they lent to this instrument.
The Đàn bầu is a one-string zither and is essential to Vietnamese folk music, but also commonly employed in pop and rock.
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Ca trù is an ancient form of musical storytelling featuring a female vocalist. The T'rưng is a bamboo xylophone used by the Jarai and Bahnar ethnic groups.
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The Đàn đáy is a plucked 3-string lute with silk or nylon strings. It is commonly used as an accompanying instrument in Ca trù music.
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The Đàn tranh is a plucked zither with a long soundbox and many strings (14-25).
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A variety of drums common to Northern Vietnamese traditional music.
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The Đàn nhị is a two-stringed bowed string instrument. The instrument's small tubular body is often covered by snakeskin.
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A variety of flutes and free-reed instruments are are essential to Vietnamese music.
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INSIDE HA NOI
PRESETS
80+
INSTRUMENTS
43
SOUNDSCAPES
14