Nam Ai

Nam Ai is a traditional tune from Vietnam, here in a version by The Six Tones played on Dan Bau, Dan Tranh and 10-string guitar. The video was recorded in a concert at Atalante in Gothenburg in April 2009. The Vietnamese language is a tonal language, using six tones or intonations.The Six Tones is a Swedish/Vietnamese project that works on a long-term basis on the amalgamation of art music from Vietnam and Europe. The ensemble works by means of transcriptions of traditional Vietnamese music for Western stringed instruments and traditional Vietnamese instruments, also in combination with live-electronics, and with new commissions to composers both from the West as well as from Vietnam. The Six Tones are Thanh Thuy and Ngo Tra My, two Vietnamese performers, and the guitarist Stefan Östersjö. The main ambition with The Six Tones is to create a foundation for a meeting between two distinct musical cultures on equal terms.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Vietnamese music
• traditional
• guitar
• dan bau
• dan tranh
• world music

[ostersjo]

Hey thanks, D Co Hoái Lang is another song we play now and then. You find some version of it on our MySpace.

[invanz0]

What is the instrument the woman on the right is playing. The instrument with the rod and dome thing. Its amazing

[ostersjo]

@invanz0

It's a Vietnamese traditional instrument: dan bau. And she's a great player too...

stefan

[ostersjo]

thanks! Well there is more coming, will do the mix of two CDs this summer.

[lau8696]

Hi , very nice , is the guitarist is kelly valleau ?

it seems so but i'm not sure ....

[ostersjo]

@lau8696

thanks, no, I'm the guitarist...

Stefan

[branchtell]

Subscribed. I didn't know a western man can play Vietnamese traditional music that good.

[nemothan]

Hi, this is awesome, I'm Vietnamese and I'm very happy because you like this song. You should try to listen the "Da co hoai lang". It's a very nice song and I love it so much. Sorry about my English.

[hainguyenx]

Music go beyond the racial barrier. International language.

[hadah100]

I like this guitar and the wonderful guitarist. Beautiful music, great players.

[TheKoreanMV]

Subscribed! Awesome vid, pls upload more beautiful traditional Vietnamese like this. Love it

[nhacvanhoa]

Beautiful, Pls. post more other songs. I try to write lyrics for this Nam Ai song too...