Đing buốt is an aerophonic instruments. It is a vertical flute with reed. The flute has four pressing holes on the body and one blowing hole before the reed. From the hole before the reed to the first pressing hole on the body is a distance of one span. Đing buốt is for only the male and performed solo or to accompany singing. It can be used to play musical pieces with fast tempo and flexibly play finger techniques such as tongue, vibrating, trill, etc. Đing buốt can be played everywhere, in the field, on the road, or in love-exchanges. However, there are also strict taboos on the repertoire; for example the piece “Crying wife” is never performed on weekdays.

This is a song of longing for an absent husband throughout the various seasons. “The rhododendrons are blooming, peaches are ripening in the fields, but my eyes watch the road. Mangoes are ripening, and we sit under the shade, but my husband doesn’t come. It is now winter, and the chilly wind blows, but there is no end to the sorrow of my separation.”