The Most Famous Traditional Sundanese Musical Instruments
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VIVA – Indonesia is known as a country that has many cultures, including traditional musical instruments. Sunda in Indonesia is known to have a lot of traditional musical instruments.
One of the popular traditional Sundanese musical instruments is the Angklung. This musical instrument is a cultural heritage that has been passed down from generation to generation and has become the pride of the Sundanese people.
Not only Angklung, but many Sundanese traditional musical instruments are very interesting and famous as follows.
1. Flute (Suling)
Suling
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Suling comes from Sunda and is very famous. This Sundanese flute is made of bamboo with the tamiang type. The shape can be said to be similar to other flutes from various regions, namely in the form of a long tube with some holes in the body.
The flute funnel also has a thin band near a small hole made of rattan. How to play this instrument only needs to be blown at the end of the hole while opening the lid of the hole all over its body.
2. Angklung
melihat penyandang disabilitas memainkan angklung
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Angklung is a Sundanese musical instrument made of bamboo. How to play angklung is only shake it. When shaken it will emit a very distinctive sound, namely the sound produced by the collision between the inner pieces of bamboo and the pieces of bamboo.
The sound then produces a tone with a vibrating but very beautiful sound. Angklung has been recognized by UNESCO as a cultural heritage since 2010.
3. Calung
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Calung is one of the most popular traditional Sundanese musical instruments. Calung is similar to angklung, but there are differences between the two when played. Calung is also a Sundanese musical instrument made of bamboo. But the bamboo used is awi wulung or black bamboo and some other calung are made from awi or white bamboo.
If the angklung is played by shaking it, then the calung instrument is played by tapping. The same beautiful sound is produced by hitting the bamboo sticks set in the tone of this instrument.
