Mekong NYC Arts & Music Vietnamese Folk Music    F O L K · A R T S · S T U D I E S A research project in the Vietnamese folk arts heritage Mekong NYC hosts a music class to teach students how to play the đàn tranh (Vietnamese zither). The class is infused with storytelling, especially Vietnamese folk tales and culture, community building through group playing and listening, and group theory, examining traditional Vietnamese and Cambodian songs and pop music.

Lesson: Beo-dat-may-troi_Melody
for Vietnamese 16-string zither
by Teacher Phan Gia Anh-Thư & Teacher Ngô Thanh Nhàn
Apr 02, 2025 20:52:00
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1 – Beo-dat-may-troi Beo-dat-may-troi • Melody • YWCM •

Tablature to Click and Print: tablatures/m14_Beo-dat-may-troi_Melody_YWCM.pdf

T H E   S T O R Y:Bèo dạt mây trôi [Floating ferns, wandering cloud], a folk song of the northern delta, sometimes attributed to Quan Họ, at times to Nghệ Tĩnh. It describes the yearning for each other of a young lovers, looking for signs from floating ferns, wandering clouds, falling birds, sinking fish, the waxing and waning of the moon.