Vietnamese musical instruments

Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument

Vietnamese stringed instrument

plucked zither of Vietnam

mouth harp used by minority ethnic groups in Vietnam

type of bronze drum from Vietnam

Vietnamese bowed string instrument

musical instrument

The bianqing (; ; ) is a traditional Chinese percussion instrument consisting of a set of L-shaped flat stone chimes known as qing, played melodically. The chimes were hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet. Along with the bronze bells called bianzhong, they were an important instrument in China's ritual and court music going back to ancient times.

Vietnamese traditional instrument

Vietnamese plucked lute

stringed musical instrument

Family of instruments

thumb|Kèn in the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology thumb|Two rats at the end of the first row in the picture Đám cưới chuột are playing the kèn. The kèn () is an instrument used in traditional Vietnamese music. It has a double reed and a conical wooden body. It produces a powerful and penetrating high-pitched sound, similar to the Chinese suona, the Korean taepyeongso, the Thai Pi, and the Persian/Indian shehnai. Its musical context resembles that of the oboes played by the Tai peoples, who call it the "Pí Lè", and the Muong people, who call it the "Bi". The name "Kèn" is also used to informally ref