Traditional Musical Instruments Kacapi

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

1.  (da) 6
2.  (mi) 5
3.  (na) 3
4.  (ti) 2
5.  (la) 1

Traditional Musical Instruments Drum Karo

Background Traditional Musical Instruments Drum Karo

An ethnic (tribal) can not be separated from their art element. the unity of nature, culture and art is a manifestation of an ethnic thorough. Indonesia as a nation rich in ethnic diversity also has a diversity of art owned by the ethnic respectively. Karo tribe as one of hundreds of ethnic ethnic owned archipelago certainly has its own unique art. The uniqueness of the art that is the pride Karo Karo tribe in running speech culture. But the potential and development of the arts Karo can not be released from how the people in expressing culture Karo seen in his own music. Performing arts or community cultural arts offerings in Karo cover art of music commonly known as drum, dance commonly called Landek, and theater arts are supported by tembut-tembut or genre-Gundala Gundala especially in the area Seberaya.

In popular culture Karo, the term for a musician (musician) is sierjabaten, the denotative meaning is that having the task. Sierjabaten consists of players sarune, singanaki drum, drum singindungi, drum penganak, and gung. Each player musical instrument, in a traditional Karo etnosains they have each other's names, namely; sarune players called panarune, tambour (singanaki and singindungi) called penggua, and called simalu penganak penganak players, and players simalugung gung called, and the player called simalu bowl bowl michiho michiho. In the presentation karo drum music is usually used for dancing, singing and various rites of tradition.

In this study, only music pemfokusannya intrumentasi for further information discuss more on how instrumentation and musical analysis as the analysis of the elements of a texture, forms and variations penotasian rhythm patterns perinstrumen musical instrument drum karo art. But in writing there are limitations in each sub-topic.

Drum Art Music Analysis Karo

In the analysis of music on drums karo art for presentation generally similar to the folk art in Java. The presentation is simple, straightforward, tempo, and patterns that are not complicated and static "fixed" but in the game of brass instruments sarune requires certain techniques and fingering peniupannya complexes in the fingers and repertoire. Discussion for the analysis of this music by way of looking at elements of Musical Arts drum Karo among other players, medium such as instruments, and patterns of the game, but the difficulty writer for patterns sarune analysis more on the descriptions dikarena trouble to transcribe "need certain abilities. To komposerisasinya and the audience can not be explained due to the restrictions of this study is on the analysis of the music. For further discussion see this dibwah:

Drum Art Instrumentation Karo

Drum or drum karo si dalinen five consists of five sets of percussion musical instrument (percussion) played by five musicians. The fifth such device is a penaruné, two penggual, and two shy of the gong. Five drum sedalanen referred to as the musical ensemble consists of five musical instruments, namely Sarune (aerofon), drum ovary (membranophone), drum children (mebranofon), gung, and penganak. But also called the eardrum five sedalanen, ranggutna ten-two, namely the number twelve for the counting devices used entirely, including stick or tool to hit the musical instrument. These traditional tools are often used for dancing, singing and various rites tradition. For details, discussion of each one of the instrument:

Drum, drum musical instrument is functioning brings rhythm variations. This tool can be classified into groups conical membranophone double hit with two sticks. In Karo drum music culture is composed of two types of drum singanaki (children) and drum singindung (parent). Singanaki in to add your drum parts Gerantung. Parts drum child and parent are the same, different is the size and acoustic aesthetic function. The drum parts are:

Close the drum, which is the end of the conical top. Close the drum is made of leather napuh (deer). Skin napuh inidipasang to frame cross-section endang lips. Its frame is made of bamboo, rope drum commonly referred to drag a drum made of wood jackfruit (Artocarpus integra sp). One sample of sample size for the top drum child is 5 cm, the bottom diameter of 4 cm and 44 cm overall. the size of a small drum attached to the drum child, 4 cm diameter top, bottom 3cm diameter, and the overall length of 11.5 cm. Pukulnya tools (sticks) are made from lime wood. Tool drum at both size and shape. 14cm in length and cross section and the relative container 2 cm. To drum ovaries, diameter 5.5 cm top, bottom 4.5 cm, an overall length of 45.5 cm. Pukulnya tool material is also made of wood jerukpurut. The size of the tool is different at the right cross-section that is more besardari the left, which is 2 cm to 0.6 cm for the right and left. Keduanyasama length of 14 cm.

Traditional musical instrument is a drum Karo Karo tribe. Drum are usually called "Five Sedalinen" which means a set of drum dance that consists of five elements. The element here we can see from some of the traditional musical instruments like Kulcapi Karo, Balobat, Surdam, cam-cam, Murhab, Serune, ngindungi the drum, the drum nganaki, Penganak and Gung. These traditional tools are often used for dancing, singing and various rites tradition. So drum Karo is complete (five sedalinen) if there had been Serune, ngindungi the drum, the drum nganaki, Penganak and Gung accompany a ceremony or party. But a lot written in the article on sites about art drum music development Karo karo now been contaminated with modern means of some kind of keyboard. Era entry of keyboard music into art Karo circa 1990s. Keyboard music has dominated the art Karo, which raised the conclusion when there is no keyboard, the drum Karo was not crowded.

Patterns Of The Game

In knowing the patterns of game writers are limited by only source obtained from sources audia video recordings and written sources on the Internet that have been just any context "so the authors do not look directly spaciousness". Pentranskrisiannya to drum karo art music is more on the pattern points or static patterns due to play drum patterns more improvised the patterns often change and are not fixed. To perklasifikasian transcription pattern was not there because from the beginning to the end of the pattern of instruments to maturity fixed or static, so the writing patterns of the game only one set of patterns perinstrumen as follows:

Writing Notation Using Symbols In Western Musical Notation As Simple And Efficient:

For notational only basic pattern in a rhythm instrument alone is not the melody instrument "sarune" because the pattern is the basis of learning music karo. As it goes when the pattern has been held, it would be easy for an important improvisation is not out of tempo because there are no standard rules, bebes expression like folk music in general.

Conclusion

Judging from existing sources, development and preservation of art Karo are now included in the standard concern. We can not just blame the artists Karo are always trying to figure out how the arts can flourish and sustainable Karo. But the sustainability of the arts lies in the Karo Karo masyakarakat themselves how to appreciate the artistic richness. Once again, the sustainability of Karo art lies not only on the shoulders of artists. But also community participation in preserving and respecting Karo. It would be nice if we cultivate a sense of belonging, preserve and appreciate the arts development Karo. Art until Karo it never dies. Which has been raised. traditional arts still have values ​​that can be taken hikmahnya.perlu also note though art music tradition karo drum can give certain values ​​in human life and can not be separated from its function drum music karo usually used as irinagan dancing, singing and various ritus- rite tradition.

Traditional Musical Instruments Tambourine

Tambourine or in terms of Indonesian called Tambourine, have different terms in other countries that follow the historical development of the instrument in his native land. But basically in general in form and function remains the same. Tambourine or tambourine, Daf, Pandeiro, Buben, Dajre, Kanjira, Dayereh or Riq is a member of the percussion family types idiophone but also including percussion instruments with the type membranophone.

Tambourine called Riq, used in various countries including Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and other Arab countries. In Russia, Ukraine, Slovia, Czechoslovakia and Poland, a percussion instrument is referred to as Buben. While in the Balkans, Persia and in the countries of Central Asia, these instruments are commonly referred to Dajre. In South Indian percussion community is called to Kanjira. All terms or different names are equally acceptable as a percussion instrument, which has the primary function is to maintain the rhythm of a piece of music.

Historically these have been identified tambourine used in various forms of musical genres including on Persian music, Classical, and Pop music. This percussion instrument can also be traced back to the most ancient civilizations even, including in music history of India, China, North Africa, Rome, Egypt and Greece where it is usually used during the period of festive occasions. This history evolved from the ancient Middle East and finally reached Europe in the Middle Ages. This percussion even began to appear and be used in the opera, ballet and composition are more and more frequently on travel and the development of music throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.

At 320 BC in ancient Greek history occurred story of a woman holding a mirror and play the tambourine is facing a winged genie with a ribbon and a branch with leaves depends on this percussion. In the decorative woven stripes red hanging tambourine, could be seen writing Tamburello, which is one of the terms tambourine of Southern Italy. This instrument is made by using objects shaped like a circle or tubular lower or ring-shaped and single. This instrument is often used animal skins that have been tanned or thin to cover the hole ring, which has a pair of metal plates held together at the side of the ring body.

To note is that not all tambourine use of animal skins. In some kind of tool is only using a pair of metal plates or more and hung on the wall frame. Frame drum-shaped tambourine percussion instrument is regarded as the most ancient in the world. This instrument is used in a way to hit the body skin or shake the metal plates, or hitting parts of the body skin while shaking to get both simultaneously. And is usually used as an instrument tambourine accompaniment of other musical instruments that are played with or used by the dancers. Tambourine has evolved in its use, for example, be used in a variety of spiritual activities or rituals, and so forth

Kind Of Musical Instruments Rebana :

Type tambourine growing in Indonesia, there are several types and it is typical of the culture and the culture of a particular region. The most common types are:

1. Rebana Banjar
2. Rebana Biang
3. Jidor
4. Kompang
5. Marawis
6. Samroh
7. Hadroh

The Shape Of Musical Instruments Rebana :

A drum-shaped tambourine round and flat and made of a circular frame of wood turner. One side of the leather goat in this section will be tapped. Art in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore are often put on the tambourine is a musical rhythm of the desert, for example, harp, kasidah and hadroh.

In the State of Malaysia there is also a large tambourine named Rebana Ubi commonly played on feast days to bring into the sound and rhythm. In the south Asia region includes Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Maldives and the surrounding areas are also very crowded art tambourine used. However, the historical background, a variant of musical instruments and humming a little much too different.