Đàn bầu

The construction Djan ( Hán Nom:弹 匏​​), also Djan độc Huyen (弹 独 弦), is a one-stringed Vietnamese zither rod (Music Staff). By lightly pressing the string harmonics are generated at the same time can be changed by moving an elastic rod, the string tension, resulting in a brighter clearer Glissandoklang.

The steel string is usually with the right hand with a plectrum - touched - about zündholzgrosses a piece of hardwood that is cut from a block. The palm of the same hand grasps the sounds from directly on the string in Flageoletttechnik. The other hand operates the conical skirts, with which the pitch frequency can be changed. With variations in the scribing, with attenuating the sound through the heel of the hand or time-delayed releasing the string at the Flageoletttechnik the sound of a tone of Djan construction can be greatly changed.

The body of Djan Djan construction similar to that of Wölbbrettzither tranh. The overall shape of the instrument is almost identical duxianqin with the Chinese zither rod. Previously, a simple bamboo rod was used instead of the wooden body, as a resonance chamber served half a coconut shell that was attached like a musical bow at one point of the rod. A similar instrument is the old Thai phin nam tao, in which the opening of the shell resonance is pushed to the sound modulation on the chest.

The Djan has build a very beautiful and characteristic sound, which is characterized mainly by its formant shifting and Obertonvariationen. The instrument is tuned in the key of C, in conjunction with modern instruments they can be voted on A.