Kecapi : This is a stringed musical instrument that has a distinctive sound.You need to hit the bamboos in calung to make it sounds however for angklung you only need to shake the bamboos. Calung : This is almost similar with angklung but calung has different technique with angklung.Now gong is not only used for gamela performance but also as the symbol of inauguration in several ceremony or events. Gong is a traditional musical instrument from Central Java.īonang is used as the leader in gamelan but gong is functioned as a guardian of gamelan performances. The shape is rounded big and it has bulge in the middle part. This is one of the most familiar traditional instruments for you, right? Gong is also included as one instrument in gamelan. The sounds of the melody is very good and it is fascinating. This musical instrument is played by plucking way. On the other hand, The color of sasando is white and it use woods to strap the stretch. Its artistic appearance is the main attraction, so people are attracted not only towards its melodious voice but also to its unique shape. In order to know more about this unique musical instrument, they deliberately come to Indonesia just to learn this traditional musical instrument. The popularity of this musical instrument is not only between the Indonesian but also to the foreign countries, even foreign ordinary people and artists are interested to play sasando. ![]() This musical instrument is quite unique and it is originated from Indonesia. So the performance will not complete witthout bonang. This musical instrument was used in a performance to accompany wayang. This musical instrument is originated from Java region, you can find bonang in each Java region. Bonang is functioned as the tone leader, it starts and ends the song. Looking at its visual, it is pretty similar with bende but bonang has smaller size compared to bende. In a gamelan performance, bonang takes an important role in making a good rhythm to the current played song. Bonangīonang is a musical instrument which becomes part of gamelan perfrmance. It can be found in many places in Indonesia. The gendang’s surface itself usually made of animal’s skin such as cow skin. ![]() Gendang nowadays is used as a magic touch in dangdut music. There are no specific way to play gendang, you only have to hit it with your palm therefore each gendang player has his/hr own characteristics in playing this musical instrument. Even though gendang is only considered as a complementary musical instrument but its popularity is no joke. This is one of the most favorite musical instruments in Indonesia. It has a unique shape which is a squash or water gourd so you can recognize it easily. To make the rhythm more beautiful, this musical instrument is accompanied by marwas (another musical instrument). This musical instrument is an accompaniment of singing in wedding occasion or any celebratory events, the songs that are played is usually identically with Islam. You can find gambus easily in Sumatra island. Gambus is related closely with Islam, it is said that this music instrument is used as a way to spread Islam in the past. It is played like guitar, you pluck it with fingers. This music instrument is pretty similar with Kordofun. Gambus is a stringed instrument comes from Riau. Kolintang music can be performed at many ocassions such as social enterntainment as festival, harvest ceremony, parades, wedding ceremony, religious rituals, and even informal events. Different technique to bang the stick to the kolintang bar produces different rhythm. ![]() The local people used to say ‘Let us do TONG TING TANG’ or ‘Mangemo kumolintang’ so that kolintang is the simplification of those sayings.
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