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đàn nguyệt (two-stringed Vietnamese moon lute)
Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments are the musical instruments used in the traditional and classical musics of Vietnam. They comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments, used by both the Viet (Kinh) majority as well as the nation's ethnic minorities.
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- Đàn bầu - monochord zither
- Đàn đáy - long-necked three-stringed lute with trapezoidal body
- Đàn nguyệt (also called nguyệt cầm or đàn kìm) - moon-shaped two-string lute
- Đàn sến - two-string lute
- Đàn tam - fretless lute with snakeskin-covered body and three stringsphoto
- Đàn tranh - long zither
- Đàn tỳ bà - pear-shaped lute with four strings
- Đàn đoản (also called đàn tứ) - moon-shaped lute with short neck; little used
- Đàn ghi-ta (also called lục huyền cầm or ghi-ta phím lõm) - "Vietnamized" acoustic or electric guitar with scalloped fretboard; used primarily in cải lương
- Đàn tứ dây - bass guitar in the shape of a đàn đáy
- Cầm - 7-stringed zither equivalent to the Chinese guqin; no longer used
- Sắt - zither with 25 strings equivalent to the Chinese se; no longer used
- Đàn tính - long-necked lute with a gourd body and two or three silk strings; used by the Tay, Nung, and Thai ethnic groups
- Bro - fretted zither with a body made of bamboo and a gourd resonator; used by minority ethnic groups in the Central Highlands
- Goong - tube zither with a bamboo body; used by minority ethnic groups in the Central Highlands
- Đàn gáo - two-stringed vertical fiddle with coconut resonator
- Đàn hồ - two-stringed vertical fiddle with wooden resonator; hồ derives from Chinese hu, as in huqin)
- Đàn nhị - two-stringed vertical fiddle
- K'ni (also spelled k'ny or k'ný) - one-string vertical fiddle; played by the Jarai people of the Central Highlands
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- Sáo (also called sáo trúc) - transverse flute made of bamboo or hardwood
- Kèn bầu - conical oboe with gourd-shaped wooden bell
- Kèn đám ma - conical oboe with metal bell; used for funeral music in northern Vietnam
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- Đing nǎm - free-reed mouth organ with gourd body and bamboo pipes; played by upland minorities
- M'buot - free-reed mouth organ with gourd body and bamboo pipes; played by upland minorities
- Púa - valveless brass trumpet
- Ốc - conch trumpet
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- Trống - drum played with sticks
- Nruas tuag (also called Ư chua - drum used by the Hmông ethnic group for funeral music
- Trống đồng (also called trống đồng Đông Sơn) - bronze drum played by the Dong Son culture in ancient times
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- Cồng chiêng - tuned gong (comes in both flat and knobbed varieties)
- Tam âm la - three small, high-pitched flat gongs in a frame; used primarily in nhã nhạc music
- T'rưng - bamboo xylophone
- Đàn đá - lithophone
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- Sinh tiền - coin clapper
- Song lang - woodblock
- Đàn môi - Jew's harp
- Klông pút - set of bamboo tubes; hands are clapped near ends of tubes to produce musical tones
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