Folk Arts – Cultural Treasure Charter School
Vietnamese Folk Arts
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F O L K · A R T S · S T U D I E S
A research project in the Vietnamese folk arts heritage |
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B – Beginner working to get the basics (trying to do it ok – any of the time)
L – Learner who has gotten the basics (does it ok – much of the time)
P – Progressing (does it well – most of the time)
Mastery level (does it very well – all the time)
| SKILL / TECHNIQUES | 1 | 2 |
| Technique = learning the 17 strings and how to make music with them | ||
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Maintain your đàn tranh in playing condition: — Simple tuning according to song scale by moving the swallows, [and the tuning peg,] with a chromatic tuner. — replacing strings properly when needed. Order of the 17 strings: — pitch from low to high (right index/middle/ring finger glides towards the body). — pentatonic scale: three groups of the same 5 strings at higher octaves. | ||
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Physical approach: — left hand over the strings, on the left side of the swallows. — left hand bending: muting, vibrating, tapping, bending harder slowly, pre-bent and releasing — right hand over the strings, for picking, on the right side of the swallows. — right hand playing (picking) by from 2 to 4 right fingers, using rest strokes. |
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Techniques: fingering, index (i), thumb (p), middle (m), ring (r) — right fingers, picking: one finger, two, three or four fingers. — left fingers: mute, vibration, bending, and tapping. — tune the đàn tranh b years (using the song "Mother Ocean" and "Exercise #1") or by an eletronic tune. |
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| THE STORY | ||
| — Understand the song origin and the story behind it. | ||
| — Express the story through the song rhythm and techniques. | ||
| RHYTHM | ||
| — Plays his/her part in rhythm with correct timing for each note. | ||
| — Plays wih the group as part of the group. | ||
| — Listen to others, and keeps the ensemble beats in sync. | ||
| STAGE PRESENCE | ||
| — Correct posture: sits or stands upright, hands in line with arms. | ||
| — Movement: not rush, gliding right hand fingers over the strings, using rest strokes, finger straight, not curling. | ||
| — Communicates enjoyment with the audience. | ||
| — Gets on and off stage with pride. |
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