Vietnamese Dan moi

[nguyenmikado]

cám ơn bạn bè tôi xung sướng quá! Đàn môi Việt Nam được phổ biến toàn thế giới rồi,

[because88]

Thank you!

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@because88 You're very welcome :)

[Microglia1]

where do you go to school? Looks like my dorm room back in college

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@Microglia1 It's not a dorm room, it's a room in an apartment :)

[HmoobAtlanta]

is hmong who created this. only a hmong can play this right. my dad plays it all the time. i upload 1 these days and hear the true sound and can hear it talk IF you know hmong..but nice video

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@HmoobAtlanta Yes my friend. I understand you must know the Hmong language for this instrument, but only I can make weird noises on it. Thanks a lot, and let me know when you make that video. I would love to check it out :) Have a nice day friend!

[medicheidi]

Very cool.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@medicheidi Thanks a lot man. I love my Dan Moi and decided to show them off here on YouTube. I'm glad they were interesting for you ;)

[SugarInHisBlood]

Ha! Fun.

Now do a little high steppin jig while you play it.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@SugarInHisBlood Haha! That's something I need to try, I think it will get people to watch the "stupid guy dancing to a twang." This instrument is supposed to be more relaxed. It's actually used for love communication between the Hmong people ;)

[SugarInHisBlood]

@ThomasAnthonyBowman That must be why I found you!

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@SugarInHisBlood Don't think so buddy. Hahaha! ;)

[SugarInHisBlood]

@ThomasAnthonyBowman I dunno! I think it should have a disclaimer on it.. When you start twanging away on a foreign love call, don't be surprised what comes knockin.. Maybe a donkey!

[SugarInHisBlood]

@ThomasAnthonyBowman I dunno! I think it should have a disclaimer on it.. When you start twanging away on a foreign love call, don't be surprised what comes knockin.. Maybe a donkey!

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@SugarInHisBlood Hahaha! In a way you are right my friend. I will add that disclaimer..! Hahahahaha!!! =))

[moxncal]

shakes head at niamtxiv, he just simply showing the instrument, dont be so hardkuckled at him. i give him props for showing such great tools of musical instrument.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@moxncal Hehehe. Thanks a lot man. I really hope you enjoyed the video and my dan moi :)

[agentm83]

Neat, I definitely wanna check out Vietnam someday!

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@agentm83 Yes my friend! Vietnam culture is sooooo interesting. I would also love to visit Vietnam and experience their culture first hand. But for now, I live in Vietnam through all my Vietnamese friends :)

[niamtxiv]

@ThomasAnthonyBowman

His music are sloppy. No offense. A native instrument is supposed to be play a certain way. The Ncas expresses poems. It's insulting to Hmong people and many Hmong Harp players that are looking at these videos. I'm the first Hmong to comment here because I play this instrument and so is my mom who is my teacher. Tran Quang Hai doesn't know what he's playing or understand the purpose of the instrument. It's not the sounds/tones you're supposed to be listening to.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@niamtxiv My friend. Just because I may be a white American doesn't mean I know nothing about culture. First of all, the video title is "Vietnamese Dan Moi" because these instruments that I bought were handcrafted in Vietnam by H'Mong people. I don't kow of any other place to get these from except Vietnam. I am more well versed on Vietnamese culture so I don't claim to know much about Hmong people or culture. But I did exaplin in my description box that this instrument is from the Hmong people.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@niamtxiv I didn't claim to know anything about these instruments or how to use them. I am simply showing off the instruments that I own as I see them as unique and special. I am sorry if you don't agree with my video, but I feel as if I did nothing to offend anyone. I wish you would have explained to me more about Hmong and Ncas in a manner that was not as rude.

[niamtxiv]

here is a traditional Hmong harp song

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btw, it's a Hmong instrument, not Vietnamese. 

[niamtxiv]

How can you master the art of Ncas if you can't play a song with it? The Ncas functions as a mouth. Listen to how Hmong people play it... the Ncas is actually speaking...When did Vietnamese start to have the harp? They got it from the Hmong in Vietnam.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@niamtxiv I never claimed to be any master at playing Dan Moi. I am simply showing off the instruments that I own.

[niamtxiv]

What the heck is a Dan Moi? That is not a Vietnamese instrument. That is a Hmong instrument. We called is Ncas pronounce Ja. It is an instrument use when one is expressing love to a girl. The purpose of this instrument is used as a talking tool to express one's love. This is not a native Vietnamese instrument. This is a Hmong instrument. I don't understand what you're saying.. the instrument is supposed to be speaking.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@niamtxiv Look at my video description before commenting. They are produced in Vietnam, therefore "Vietnamese." Thanks.

[niamtxiv]

@ThomasAnthonyBowman

Vietnamese people are a totally different people from the Hmong. Calling it a Vietnamese instrument is like calling a Toyota an American car. Vietnamese people do not play this instrument.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@niamtxiv If the Toyota is produced in USA then it is American. Please search Dan Moi on YouTube to view Vietnamese playing this instrument. The most known to me is Tran Quang Hai.

[tbone1143]

Very cool Anthony, I had some when I was a kid but they were nothing like that.  =)

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@tbone1143 Yes. They are a form of Jew's harp, but a different style. These are Dan Moi from the Hmong minoritiy group in Vietnam and the rest of southeast Asian. The western style of Jews harp is pretty interesting but not as fun for me to play. I have one of those too but I lost it. Hehehehe :P

[WarmothStrat]

Domo Arigatou, Mr. Roboto!

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@WarmothStrat That song always scared me when I was a little kid. Haha.

[Velcro108]

1:01 ... Damn. That took me back to my days in the underground rave clubs.

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@Velcro108 Hey bro. 3:40 may take you even closer to those memories ;)

[Velcro108]

@ThomasAnthonyBowman Haha, yes...I spoke too soon.

[nguyenkhan202]

Hahahaha "Dan moi!" I told you dude. I never knew we had this kind of instrument!

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

@nguyenkhan202 YOU DO! So you better like it! Hahahaha!! I hope you enjoyed the video man!

[nguyenkhan202]

@ThomasAnthonyBowman Nah, even though that professor explained things to me but I still believe we don't have that kind of instrument. It's barely a music instrument. I prefer the Harmonica!