''Nhạc dân tộc cải biên'' is a modern form of Vietnamese
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
which arose in the 1950s after the founding of the
Hanoi Conservatory of Music
The Vietnam National Academy of Music ( vi, Học viện Âm nhạc Quốc gia Việt Nam), formerly the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, is the major classical and traditional music teaching institution in Vietnam.
History
Originally established in 1 ...
in 1956. This development involved writing traditional music using Western
musical notation
Music notation or musical notation is any system used to visually represent aurally perceived music played with instruments or sung by the human voice through the use of written, printed, or otherwise-produced symbols, including notation fo ...
, while Western elements of
harmony
In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...
and
instrumentation were added.
[Arana, Miranda (1999). ''Neotraditional Music in Vietnam''. Kent, Ohio, United States: Nhạc Việt/The Journal of Vietnamese Music.]
The genre is sometimes criticized by purists for its watered-down approach to traditional sounds.
Etymology
In Vietnamese, ''
nhạc'' means "music," ''
dân tộc'' means "nationality," and ''
cải biên'' means "renovated."
References
Vietnamese music
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