Rabu, 11 Maret 2015

Musical Instruments Talempong of Minangkabau Padang West Sumatra


Understanding the origin of traditional musical instruments talempong Minangkabau society. Talempong a traditional musical instruments typical of the kind at the Minangkabau people. The shape is not much different from or similar to the instrument bonang are in gamelan. Talempong is made of brass, copper, wood and stone. However talempong brass type most widely used. 

There are two genres of music that is Talempong duduak talempong game and talempong Pacik growing and growing until now. It aims to both genres distinguish the instrument. Despite the fact that both instruments are often also referred to as talempong or calempong only by supporting community. In a game called batalempong or bacalempong. 

Shape 
Forms of musical instruments Talempong a circle with diameter of 15 to 17.5 cm. Perforated bottom and the top there is a prominent roundabout 5cm diameter as a place to hit when talempong played. Talempong have different tones generated from a pair of wood which struck the surface. Talempong made by welded by iron padai to form such a way, resembles the shape of a small gong. 

Function 
How to play talempong need foresight begins with scales do and ending with the. Talempong usually sung to the accompaniment of an accordion, a kind of musical instrument organ pushed and pulled with both hands players. In addition to the accordion, an instrument such as saluang, gandang, traditional Amusing sarunai and other instruments are also commonly played together Talempong. There are also several types of traditional musical instruments other Minangkabau ethnic pupuik rice leaves, pupuik tanduak kabau, Band, rabab Pasisia jo primary. 

Talempong is there Minangkabau traditional musical instrument made of brass and some of the wood and stone. Talempong circular hollow on the bottom while the top there is a prominent roundabout five centimeters in diameter as the scales (different). Talempong music will sound when struck by a pair of ayu. 

Music talempong village tends to be transformed by the people themselves and sometimes also influenced the government, even through the tapes locally. Instead birth talempong creations, said not at all related to the globalization discourse but the discourse of modernization and reform culture that demands new forms of bias element is distinguished as the traditional and the modern. 

Although the process may be the same but the results are another important and studied the dimensions of the changes that occur at the local level. Ironically, although very modern at first, however talempong creations appear very strong and joined both the hegemonic political culture that is often known as a traditional art. 

Since the ' 60s, some styles talempong still exist today, both talempong village and talempong creations appearance is still there but for some people still different. Culture is due to a process of a product, then change always comes while humans and tradition always repositioned according to new influences. But this fact is tantamount to stop negate culture including music dynamic.
Then concerning revitalization clearly gives the impression that the tradition must be new life and soul to-Minangan lost in the process. 

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If you want to know more or learn about musical instruments talempong, you can visit the city of Padang Minangkabau of West Sumatra.