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The đàn bầu (Vietnamese: [ɗàːn.ɓə̀w]; "gourd zither"; Chữ Nôm: 彈匏), also called độc huyền cầm (獨絃琴, "one-string zither"; the name is only used by the Jing ethnicity in China) is a Vietnamese stringed instrument, in the form of a monochord (one-string) zither.
The duxianqin is a Chinese plucked string instrument with only one string; it is derived from the Vietnamese đàn bầu. Chinese sources describe duxianqin as being an instrument of the Jing (also spelled Gin or Kinh) ethnic group, who are ethnic Vietnamese living in China. [1] It is still commonly played by this ethnic group.
The Nepali Sarangi (Nepali: नेपाली सारङ्गी) is a Nepali folk instrument.It is a chordophone played by bowing. Traditionally in Nepal, the Sarangi was only played by people of Gandarbha or Gaine caste (both contested and interchangeable terms), who sing narrative tales and folk song, however, in present days, its popularity extends beyond the Gandharba community and is ...
Instead the musician uses their fingernails to stop the strings at different notes. The two strings are tuned to a fifth interval, e.g. G–d or d–a. The bow is small, curved, and made of metal, with horse hair stretched between the ends. [2] The instrument's voice, rich in overharmonics, is used to underline vocals in an instrumental ensemble.
The kobyz is still played today by jyrau (one of the two types of Karakalpak bard), as accompaniment during recitation of epics and dastan. [1]: 114 The kobyz punctuates spoken narrative, plays the melodic line in unison with the voice during the sung parts, supports sustained notes in the voice by repeatedly bowing the same note, and plays the melody when the jyrau is not singing.
The tonkori is played angled across the chest, strings outward, while both hands pluck the open strings from opposite sides. The instrument was used to accompany songs or dances, or played solo. [1] [4] The tonkori was traditionally played by both men and women. [11] One description of traditional tonkori technique noted that a player would ...
The ngoni is also similar to these two instruments, with five or six strings. The balafon is a wooden xylophone , while the goje is a stringed instrument played with a bow , much like a fiddle . According to the Encyclopædia Britannica : "West African plucked lutes such as the konting , khalam , and the nkoni (which was noted by Ibn ...
The design of the instrument depends on the school of playing. There are three distinguishable types: The conventional sarod is a 17 to 25-stringed lute-like instrument—four to five main strings used for playing the melody, one or two drone strings, two chikari strings and nine to eleven sympathetic strings. The design of this early model is ...