Nguyễn Thanh Tùng is apparently one of the most accomplished player of the one-string monochord, played by a combination of sounding overtones found at nodal points on the string and changing the tension on the string using a flexible rod at one end of it. Today the instrument is usually amplified with a single pickup but for centuries it was played unamplified, other than the hollow body of the instrument and, sometimes, a resonator on the flexible rod.
Nguyễn Thanh Tùng was born blind and with other disabilities due to his mother having been exposed to agent orange during the war. Better living through chemistry, science and the wisdom of the West.
Update: Night of Prayer - Sister Chan Khong
Sister Chan Khong is one of the six original members of Titch Nhat Hanh's order of socially engaged Buddhists in Vietnam. This was recorded at their community in France, Plum Village.
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