Traditional musical instruments classical kacapi is a musical instrument that always coloring some art Sunda land. Make the kacapi is not easy. Although at first glance looks like a kacapi simple musical instruments, but makes it not easy. For any raw material made of wood Kenanga which are soaked for three months. While the strings, if you want to produce a good tone, should be of wire suasa (alloy of gold and copper), like a kacapi made long ago. Due to the current suasa expensive, stringed lyre now more use of steel wire.
Kacapi flute is Sunda waditra devices contained in almost every region in Tatar Sunda. Waditranya consists of kacapi and flute. Goon consists of kacapi or kacapi parahu gelung. Besides presented instrumental, kacapi flute can also be used to accompany Interpreter Sekar who sings in Anggana Sekar or rampak Sekar. The songs are in sajikannya include: Sinom Degung, Kaleon, Talutur and others. Barrel in the barrel pergunakannya is Salendro, Pelog or Sorog. History stringed instrument derived from the Sunda region. Stringed instrument played as the main instrument in the Sunda Song or mamaos Cianjuran flute and kacapi. The origin of the stringed instrument in Sundanese language also refers to the plant sentul, who believed the wood used to make stringed instrument.
Traditional musical instrument kacap is a musical instrument that always coloring kelasik some art this Sunda land. Make the kacapi is not easy. Although at first glance looks like a kacap simple musical instruments, but makes it not easy. For any raw material made of wood Kenanga which are soaked for three months. While the strings, if you want to produce a good tone, should be of wire suasa (alloy of gold and copper), like a kacapi made long ago. Due to the current suasa expensive, stringed lyre now more use of steel wire.
Tone in Sundanese kacapi has 5 (pentatonic) scales, namely Da Mi, Na, Ti, La,.
Couple this Sundanese stringed instrument is the flute Sunda usually made of bamboo. The music that flows will feel dazzling in our ears when played both. For myself, I will miss my hometown love.
Types Of Kacapi :
Kacapi Parahu
is a resonance box that bottom hole given resonance to allow the sound out. The sides of kacapi kind is formed such that it resembles a boat. In the past, this kacapi made directly from chunks of wood with carved.
Kacapi siter
a resonance box with flat parallel field. Similar to kacapi parahu, the hole is placed on the bottom. Side of the top and bottom to form a trapezoid. For both types of kacapi this, each of the strings attached to a small screw in the upper right side of the box. They can be tuned in a variety of systems: pelog, Sorog / madenda, or salendro.
Kacapi Ovarian Function And Kacapi Rincik
According to the function in the accompanying music, kacapi played as:
1. Kacapi Goon (= kacapi parent); and
2. Children Kacapi or Kacapi Rincik
Kacapi ovary lead by providing intro music, bridges and interludes, also determines the tempo. For this purpose, use a large kacapi with 18 or 20 strings.
Kacapi rincik
Kacapi rincik enriching musical accompaniment by filling the space between the tone with high frequencies, especially in songs metered remain as the flute or Sekar kacapi Panambih. For this purpose, use a smaller kacapi with strings which amount to 15.
Tuning and Notation
Kacapi use degung notation. This notation is part of the system heptachordal pelog. See the following table:
Pelog Sundanese gamelan Java Pelog
- (da) 6
- (mi) 5
- (na) 3
- (ti) 2
- (la) 1