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Lesson: 07-Mot-Me-Tram-Con
for Vietnamese 16-string zither
by Teacher Phan Gia Anh-Thư & Teacher Ngô Thanh Nhàn
Nov 21, 2024 11:24:30
07-Mot-Me-Tram-Con-melody_Pham-Duy
Tablature to Click and Print:
T H E   S T O R Y:
One Mother, A Hundred Children:
An ethnic Jarai folk song on the birth of the country, Vietnam. Mother Âu Cơ a fairy, fell in love with a sea Dragon, Lạc Long Quân (who taught the people how to live in the rivers and the sea), and gave birth to a bag of one hundred eggs, which hatched into one hundred children. Mother Âu Cơ picked one eldest child and made him King Hùng, the first king, for all Vietnamese tribes, about 5,000 years ago. The Vietnamese call each other đồng bào [people from the same womb].
Parts of this song are played muted [notes with a 𝅄 on top]: left fingers touch very lightly the plucked strings on top of their swallows, for Phrase #1 to Phrase #4, Phrase #8, Phrase #12, and Phrase #15 to Phrase #19, to mark the background rhythm.


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