Dan Nguyet       

             The Đàn Nguyệt  Additionally Known As Nguyệt Cầm, Đàn Kìm,May Be A Two-Stringed Vietnamese Ancient Instrument. It's Employed In Each People And Music Genre, And Remains Fashionable Throughout Vietnam (Although Throughout The Twentieth Century Several Vietnamese Musicians More And More Gravitated Toward The Acoustic And Electrical Guitar).

             The Đàn Nguyệt's Strings, Erst Product Of Twisted Silk, Area Unit Nowadays Typically Product Of Nylon Or Cord. They're Unbroken At A Reasonably Low Tension Compared To The Stringed Instrument And Alternative European Plucked Instruments. This, And Therefore The Instrument's Raised Frets, Provide The Bending Tones That Area Unit thus Vital To The Correct Interpretation Of Vietnamese Ancient Music. Such Bending Tones Area Unit Made By Pressing The String Toward The Neck Instead Of Bending To The Aspect. The Strings Area Unit Typically Plucked With a tiny Low Plectrum; Typically A Plastic Pick Is Employed.

             The Instrument's Common place Vietnamese Name, Đàn Nguyệt, Virtually Means That "Moon String Instrument" (Đànis That The Generic Term For "String Instrument" And Nguyệt Means That "Moon"). Its Alternate Name, Nguyệt Cầm, Additionally Means That "Moon String Instrument" (Cầm That Means "String Instrument" In Sino-Vietnamese, Coming Back From The Chinese Word Qín ).