Talk:Kèn đám ma

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The photos in the section of external links is a variation of "kèn bầu". Oboes which are being used in Vietnamese funeral processions varies from regions to regions and from ethnics to ethnics. In the south, two most popular kèn đám ma are saxophone and kèn dǎm, another variation of kèn bầu. This discussion is just FYI but if you can please expand this article.--AM (talk) 13:42, 27 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The saxophone is not a kèn đám ma, which is a traditional double reed instrument with a wooden body. Of course, kèn đám ma refers to the oboe's function whereas kèn bầu refers to its bell (in the shape of a gourd). The photos linked in this article are definitely typical northern/Hanoi kèn đám ma because their bells are not in the shape of gourds, but metal, in conical shape (though painted white for some reason), more in Chinese style, probably due to northern Vietnam's closer proximity to China, whereas Hue and southern Vietnam tend to use the instrument with the gourd bell shape more frequently. I don't know what the kèn dǎm is but if it deserves its own article, we should make one. Badagnani (talk) 17:36, 27 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't know how to explain the common of kèn bầu and the "kèn" in these pictures. Perhaps you should see it in the real life. This is a article in Vietnamese which could provide you a brief information.
 * If you come to south Vietnam and see a funeral, you would see a saxophone in a group of musician like that. This is the reason why I said the word "kèn đám ma" in Vietnamese refers to many kind of oboe not only this one.
 * FYI, kèn dăm is marked with number 18 in this picture.--AM (talk) 10:09, 28 November 2009 (UTC)