Music Lesson

Today was spent in class at Can Tho University (not the campus that we almost got electrocuted trying to enter). The afternoon was by far the best part of the day. Even though the morning lecture was in an air conditioned conference room and the afternoon was spent in a hot classroom, everyone greatly enjoyed the Vietnamese culture and music lecture. The professor didn't speak any English but he still connected with us as we learned about the differences between Vietnamese and Western music.

I'm not sure if you can see but he's lecturing in Vietnamese and throwing some Chinese in there as well for good measure. I wish we could spend more time talking to the Vietnamese professors and students at the University. I learned many new words in Vietnamese just listening to him talk.


Traditional Vietnamese music from the Mekong Delta.

Vietnamese music only has 5 notes, instead of the 7 that can be found in Western music. E and B are excluded from Vietnamese music.

Cultural point of the day: The Vietnamese government blocks Facebook. I'm not sure if my blog can still sinc up with my Facebook but I can't see or post anything on it until I get back to China.