Dan Tranh music of Vietnam - Tradition and Innovations by Le Tuan Hung
Neotraditional Music in Vietnam by Miranda Arana
Ca tru - A Vietnamese chamber music genre by Barley Norton
We also received two books from The Music Library of Sweden:
New perspectives on Vietnamese Music - Six Essays, Phong T. Nguyen ed.
From Rice Paddies and Temple Yards - Traditional Music of Vietnam by Phong T. Nguyen and Patricia Shehan Campbell
I haven't had time to read so much than the introductions yet, but one of the chapters of Le Tuan Hung's book can be find on the internet (Here). Miranda Arana's book might shed light on some questions on political influence on tradtional music in Vietnam that I have thought about. Nguyen and Campbell's book turned out to be a textbook in Vietnamese music complete with a tape for beginners. As a music teacher student, it will be very interesting to see which methods they use to explain the subject. Both Le's book and New Perspectives on Vietnamese Music have large bibliography and discography chapters that may be useful later on. I will write more about the books later on, maybe after our trip to Hanoi depending on whats on the schedule when we get there.
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The third chapter of Dan Trahn Music of Vietnam is very interesting. Le Tuan Hung describe the Hue and Thai Tu music in regards of modes, ornaments and raised pitches that we feel like we have noticed while learning the music. Musicians can use different intonation (it can vary up to an eighth of a tone) on the same pitch levels and still not be percieved as playing out of pitch. Very interesting indeed.
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