In Hot village, Muong Dun commune, Tua Chua district, the Thai ethnic group mainly lives. After many generations of living and developing, the Thai people in Hot village still preserve and conserve many traditional cultural features; one of which is the art of making bamboo pipes.
Tinh Tau, also known as Dan Tinh, is a traditional musical instrument that is inseparable from the cultural and religious activities of the Thai people. It is the foundation and soul of festivals, singing, love affairs, and friendships of the people.
To complete a pipe, it must go through many stages, requiring meticulousness, skill and experience of the maker.
Mr. Luong Van Phoi, a folk artist of the Hot village, Muong Dun commune, shared: For generations, the sound of the Tinh has been deeply ingrained in the memories and souls of every member of the Thai ethnic community. To be able to make a Tinh with the right size, color, and tone, it takes a lot of time.
The person who makes the đàn tính is mainly someone who understands, loves and knows how to play the đàn tính. To make a standard đàn tính requires not only skill and meticulousness in the stages of making the đàn tính but also testing the strings, listening to the sound, tuning the đàn tính... to create a standard đàn tính of the Thai ethnic group.
Each component that makes up the đàn tính needs to be meticulously selected and combined so that when the finished product is played, the sound of the đàn tính matches the player's feelings, with resonance, high and low tones, sometimes gentle, smooth and elegant, creating different tones, expressing the deepest feelings of the player to the listener.
The Dan Tinh is divided into 6 main parts: the body, the gourd, the bridge, the strings, the face, and the string pins. First, to make the Dan Tinh, the craftsman will choose old gourds, take them home, cut off the top, remove the core, and scrape off the flesh to make the gourd. While drying, the cleaned gourd is hung under the floor, dried naturally, avoiding direct sunlight that can cause the gourd to crack, become brittle... affecting the quality of the crafting process.
The body of the instrument will be measured by the craftsman with a fist (9 fists) with an average length of 85cm - 1m, depending on the span of the user's hand. The wood used is usually light, flexible and smooth so that the player can easily stroke it when playing. These are the two large parts that make up the instrument, the time to process the materials and wait for them to dry usually lasts nearly 1 month.
The remaining parts are made faster. The surface of the instrument is made of wood, thinly cut to fit the surface of the gourd; the bridge is placed in the middle of the surface to support the strings of the instrument, creating the necessary vibration distance when playing. The strings will be pulled vertically from the body of the instrument through the surface, connected to the string pins. Normally, the Dan Tinh has 2 - 3 strings; depending on the purpose of use (accompaniment to love songs or dances, singing Then), the craftsman will make it. When playing, to be able to adjust the tone, the player will use wooden string pins to adjust the tension of the strings.
In the past, strings were often made from fibers stripped from the giang tree, then strings were replaced with spun silk, and now strings are mainly replaced with fishing line because of its convenience and popularity.
Through the development process, some materials used to make the đàn tính have been replaced with more suitable ones, and the manufacturing process also has the contribution of modern machinery and equipment... But that does not mean that the position and traditional characteristics of the đàn tính in the Thai ethnic community have been lost, because each person who makes the đàn tính is someone who has devoted his whole life to the sound of the đàn tính.
The Tinh Tau lute is a traditional musical instrument that is inseparable from the cultural and spiritual life of the Thai people.
The people who make the đàn tính are all people who understand and know how to play the đàn tính.
To be able to make a complete guitar requires many steps.
The body of the lute is made from light, flexible, smooth wood and then carved.
The top of the lute is thinly cut, measuring to fit the top of the lute.
It took nearly a month after scraping out the gourd's insides and letting the shell dry naturally before carving, joining and fitting the parts of the instrument.
If the materials are prepared in advance, it takes 2 days to make a complete đàn tính.
Source baodienbienphu.vn
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