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.
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.
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