This is an excerpt of a Tuồng play, called “Trảm Trịnh Ân” (Trịnh Ân was beheaded), which can be called “Tống Thái Tổ Túy Sát Trịnh Ân” or “Đào Tam Xuân loạn trào”), one of the classical Tuồng works. This excerpt is a conversation between Trịnh Ân and his son while walking to Trịnh Ân to an execution ground. Being unjustly convicted, Trịnh Ân had to endure that conviction. Because he did not want his son to witness his execution, he advised his son to go home. However, his son was grief stricken and did not want to leave his father. The melodies in this excerpt include Nam bình, Nói lối đạp Ai qua nói lối Ai, Hát khách, Nam ai, and Nói lối thường.

This composition belongs to the Sắp melody system of Chèo art. Sắp compositions are often short. If they are sung quickly, they create a boisterous and jubilant atmosphere. If they are sung slowly, they create slightly melancholy atmosphere.

This is a special melody of Chèo art only for the singer, playing the role of the character Xúy Vân, who pretended to be crazy, in the play “Kim Nham”. The role of Xúy Vân is called nữ pha; she deserved to be both complained about and pittied. Kim Nham, her husband, abandoned her when he passed an examination. When she felt lonely, she was seduced by Trần Phương. She pretended to be mad so she could divorce her husband and live with Trần Phương. Nevertheless, she was abandoned again. Falling into despair, she did became crazy. “Xúy Vân giả dại” is a famous excerpt of Chèo art, which is more popular than the whole play.

This is about the formal presentation of the tabua, whale’s tooth, to Queen Elizabeth II. This track opens with tama, a traditional acclamation reserved only for high chiefs or royalty. Men and women have different acclamations. The presenter welcomes Queen Elizabeth in a qaloqalovi ceremony. Being royalty, the Queen sits above everyone else while talking during the traditional presentation, as is customary.

This is a sad tune about character Thị Kính when she was falsely accused of killing her husband in a famous Chèo play, called Quan Âm Thị Kính. This act is the anguished confidence of Thị Kính about her gloomy fate. Because of the false accusations, she had to disguise herself as a boy to be admitted as a monk in a pagoda.

Compared with Nam ai, this melody is more cheerful, expressing mild sorrow and sometimes bringing a solemn atmosphere. With the specific techniques of pressing and vibrating, the Nam xuân melody in Ca Huế does not have the similar nuance with other melodies with the same name of other musical types such as Đờn ca tài tử or Tuồng (classical theatre)

Ly biệt has a plaintive nuance, which was performed in separation occasions. This act has a special style of Tuồng in the central Vietnam, and it was performed by the orchestra of Đào Tấn Tuồng Theatre in Bình Định, in which Tuồng had been developed to reach its peak.