The Ty Ba appears many times in Vietnamese literature and poetry, however, Nguyen Binh's "Ty Ba Truyen" (The Tale of Ty Ba) takes the name of this instrument as the name of the work. "Ty Ba Truyen" belongs to...
The Ty Ba Viet Nam is different from the Chinese Piba (Pipa): Chinese Pi Ba has a larger size, more keys (more than 30 keys), 12-tone Chromatic system. The head of the instrument usually touches the flower. The strings...
The structure of the Ty Ba shows the three talents, the four quarters and the five elements. The Pi Ba has a length of 3 meters and 5 inches (about 116cm - Chinese unit of measure), 3 meters representing...
MUSICIAN NGUYEN VAN THINH (or GIAO THINH) (1908-1991) Musician Nguyen Van Thinh, stage name Giao Thinh (Teacher Thinh), was born in 1908 (Mau Than) in Binh Hang, Tong Phong Nam, Sadec province. At a young age, Teacher Thinh studied with Musician Nguyen Van...
MUSICIAN NGUYEN QUANG TON (?-?) In Hue, the first year of Gia Long, at that time, all over the inner city, the three regions of the North, Central and South, no one did not know about the famous Don Ca Tai...
MUSICIAN BUU LOC (1911 – 1986) Musician Buu Loc in 1965 Buu Loc is the son of Prince Nguyen Phuoc Ung Thong and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tan, third chief of staff, Thai Thanh district king (3rd prince of King Thieu Tri). He was...
COMPOSER/TEACHER: NGUYỄN QUANG ĐẠI (BA ĐỢI) Nguyen Quang Dai (also known as Ba Doi as the Southerners call it) was born in Hai Que commune, Hai Lang district, Quang Tri. He was born in the Year of the Horse in 1855, the...
The Ty Ba, introduced into our country from the 11th century, was used in the Ly dynasty's bands (from the 11th century to the 13th century, under the Later Le dynasty, present in the bands Duong Ha Chi Nhac,...
The first person I want to mention in the inspirational section, is also the person who inspired me with the Ty Ba Viet Nam, the teacher who gave me the first fingers: Ms. Nghiem Thu. Artist and Teacher Nghiem Thu...
