Vietnam is home to 54 ethnic groups, each with its own customs and traditions. Those groups have created a variety of traditional musical instruments, which have played an important role in Vietnamese ...

Nguyen Thanh Thuy presents the exquisite music of the dan tranh (zither), a traditional instrument originally from the city of Hue, where it was played in the royal courts. Ms. Ngo Tra My, a renowned ...

Now, he can play the piano, the guitar, ty ba (four-stringed pluck instrument), dan nguyet (moon-shaped two-chord guitar) and dan da (lithophone), Vietnamese traditional drum and more than a dozen ...

“The striking similarities between the artifacts we studied and some stringed instruments that are still being played,” said Campos, “suggest that traditional Vietnamese music has its ...