Description: The sao is a flute that is found in Vietnam. Two forms of the sao do exist which they are transverse and vertically held. The sao is made from the very bottom of a bamboo tree. The bamboo tube is hollwed out this is accept for the nodes who are spaced at the intervals along the flute. The diameter of the stem varies in different sizes ranging from 1.5cm to 2cm and the length of the sao may range from 40cm to 55cm. The mouthpiece is located on the stem of the sao and the sao has 6 finger holes.

 

Citations: Vietnamese Institute of Musicology / Aerophones / Sao Truc >