Ca Trù Singing

Ca Tru music sounds strange to the uninitiated. Clicksand clacks accompany the centuries old ballads. It is not thekind of music that inspires toe tapping or humming.
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Ca Trù SingingCa Trù Singing Ca Tru music sounds strange to the uninitiated. Clicksand clacks accompany the centuries old ballads. It is not thekind of music that inspires toe tapping or humming. Ca Tru was popular with the royal palace and a favoritehobby of aristocrats and scholars. Ca tru requires at least three performers. The singer is always awoman and plays the phach, an instrument made of wood or bamboothat is beaten with two wooden sticks . The Phach A woman and plays the phach A musician accompanies the singer on the Dan Day, along-necked lute with three silk strings and 10 frets. There is also a drummer or Trong Chau Praise drum InstrumentofCaTru Cheo OperaA plays of Cheo operaCheo is a form of popular theatre in Vietnam that has its roots in ancientvillage festivals. It is a form of generally satirical musical theatre, oftenencompassing dance, traditionally performed by Vietnamese peasants innorthern Vietnam.Cheo tells tales of chiefs, heroes and lovely maidens andoffers an eclectic mix of romance, tragedy and comedy.A Cheo play could be put on stage in a large theater, but it Cheo could also be performed successfully on one or two bedmats spread in the middle of a communal house with a cast of only three: a hero, a heroine and a clown. Instrument of Cheo Praise drum Bamboo Flute Two-String GuitarTwo-string Fiddle