My first impressions of the song is I noticed an instrument that included strings(chordophone), almost sounded like a harp, and a couple other stringed instruments, and no voice. While looking at the video I noticed the dan co and dan tranh(zither). About the rhythm, is was steady and at moments the dan co had solo moments. A little background on the music quoted from the video link “It is based on earlier Vietnamese imperial court music, its primary influences coming from Ming Dynasty’s imperial court and later the music of Champa. Along with nhã nhạc, the imperial court of Vietnam in the 19th century also had many royal dances which still exist to this day. The theme of most of these dances is to wish the kings longevity and the country wealth”(Youtube link). I chose this example because I loved how the the music went together and loved the ensemble work, it caught my eye because it’s so beautiful.
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