# Song loan

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Percussion instrument from Vietnam

Song loan

A **song loan**, (Vietnamese pronunciation: [\[sawŋm˧ lwaːŋ˧\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Vietnamese)) or **song lang** or **song lan**) is a [percussion instrument](/source/Percussion_instrument) ([idiophone](/source/Idiophone)) used in Vietnamese traditional music.[1][2]

## Construction

The song loan consists of a hollow wooden body about 7 cm in diameter attached to a flexible curved metal piece ended with a wooden ball.

## Playing

It is put on the ground and can be played by using the foot to force the ball to beat the body of the instrument.

## Performance

The song loan is mostly used to keep the [beat](/source/Beat_(music)) in Vietnamese traditional [chamber music](/source/Chamber_music) such as [ca Huế](/source/Ca_Hu%E1%BA%BF)), and theatrical music such as [nhạc tài tử](/source/Nh%E1%BA%A1c_t%C3%A0i_t%E1%BB%AD) and [cải lương](/source/C%E1%BA%A3i_l%C6%B0%C6%A1ng).

## See also

- [Castanets](/source/Castanets)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Asia Folklore Association The values and diversity of Asian folklore in the global integration - Page 423 2006 "... sometimes replaced by "song loan" to accompany and keep rhythm);"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Experimental musical instruments* Volumes 12-13 1996 - Page 15 "The nhac tien (Example 5) is a variation on the traditional song loan and senh tien."

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