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"Song of the Black Horse5'
I Zeorned thisfrom my father when I war ten and hnd starred studying the strin~ed instrumnu.
Because I knew lhow ro sing r he song olrcdv. it was nor dffic ulr io learn [his quickl~. In the folk version
rk rhyrhm ss less syncopafed and the melody is less ctd~ellisht-d.
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''Lg N~ua is an example of chamber music from the south which originated in the
folk tradition. The meldy contains much syncopation, metabole (changes of scale within
the piece), and decorative ways of playing two instruments in a heterophonic texm that
features sirnuItaneous variation,
"L-C NN3 8 includes the dh tranh zither and the dh nguyct a moon-shaped longnecked
lute. The din ngzlyfl plays a short improvised prelude that introduces its tone color,
the pitches of the scale to 'be used thmughout the piece, and the &st's individual
embellishment techniques in the bhc mode. The d;En tmh zither enters with a musical
question that is followed immediately by the dh nguyet's response. The two instruments
then play together in a rh~hrnic and melodic counterpoint. The playing of two or mote
instruments stimulates improvisation within the framework of a piece. For listeners, the
complex hemphony is quite removed from the monophonic work of "Kim E&." The improvisation
and heraophony are not really very free. however; they are conmlled by the laws
of the mode.
Big bell towcrof Buddhist
temple Than Quang Tu in
7331 Binh province En
norzhem Vietnam. Known
commonly as chlja Keo. it
is located in the area where
he well known wise man
and scholar of he 18h cent
~ Le . Quy Don lived.
The complex archirmture
is very ditiond. The
temple is near the banks of
a river, and the building
and its gmunds are used as
a cultml cenrer for the
people. fn addition to
payers. other activities
including Buddhist chanting
cornpetiaion,rnusic.arl
and even sponhg events
wke place here.