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Indonesian Angklung
Angklung is an Indonesian musical instrument consisting of two to four
bamboo tubes suspended in a bamboo frame, bound with rattan cords. The
tubes are carefully whittled and cut by a master craftsperson to produce
certain notes when the bamboo frame is shaken or tapped. Each Angklung
produces a single note or chord, so several players must collaborate in
order to play melodies.
Traditional Angklungs use the pentatonic scale,
but in 1938 musician Daeng Soetigna introduced Angklungs using the
diatonic scale; these are known as
angklung padaeng. The
Angklung is closely related to traditional customs, arts and cultural
identity in Indonesia, played during ceremonies such as rice planting,
harvest and circumcision.
Angklung
The special black bamboo for the Angklung is
harvested during the two weeks a year when the cicadas sing, and is cut
at least three segments above the ground, to ensure the root continues
to propagate. Angklung education is transmitted orally from generation
to generation, and increasingly in educational institutions.
Because of
the collaborative nature of
Angklung music, playing promotes cooperation
and mutual respect among the players, along with discipline,
responsibility, concentration, development of imagination and memory, as
well as artistic and musical feelings.
Source :
angklung unesco
