Traditional Music Instrument of Indonesia

Traditional Music Instrument Indonesia - As a people of a country of Indonesia is very rich in culture, this time I will write more about one of the cultural richness of Indonesia, Indonesian Traditional Musical Instruments. Previously, I have also been writing articles on the theme of culture of Indonesia such as Indonesia Traditional House, Traditional Dances Traditional Clothes of Indonesia and Indonesia.
Indonesian Traditional Musical Instruments or commonly also referred to the musical Indonesia area very much because usually each province has a traditional instrument respectively.
Below you can read a collection of articles dealing with the types of Indonesian Traditional Musical Instruments in the various provinces. Hope can be useful.

Angklung

Angklung is a musical instrument that is traditionally grown in the West Java. This musical instrument made ​​of bamboo, sounded shaken by (the sound caused by the clash of bodies bamboo pipes) so as to produce sound.

Bedug

Drum is a traditional musical instrument that has been used since thousands of years ago, which has functioned as a means of communication in ancient times, both in religious rituals as well as communication between people. Currently Bedug typically used to notify the public when entering the fard prayer time. Drum are usually used when people hold Takbir around to greet Eid or Eid-ul-Adha.

Calung

Judging from the shape, many people equate Calung the Angklung. Although almost the same, but the way the instrument sounds very different. Angklung sound that came out just shaken, while the way by beating Calung should hit the poles.

Gamelan

Comes from the Javanese Gamelan, which means hitting or beating. Some of the province is still wearing gamelan custom events as East Java, Central Java and in Bali. Gamelan is now also used for the more well-known as a very popular comedy show on television that is Opera Van Java (OVJ).

Kecapi

Kacapi musical instruments are very popular among the people of Sunda and used when events related to culture.

Musical Instrument Saxophone

Saxophone

Saxophone is a musical instrument types aerophone. This means that the instrument has a sound source based air vibrate. These instruments belong to the woodwind instrument although the basic ingredients of such instruments are made ​​of metal. General description saxophone: saxophone body can be seen clearly from the cone-shaped, the material is made of thin metal. To get nadanadanya, long tubes made ​​18-20 hole or orifice valve tone with a diameter greater adjust the shape of the tube. In part that is closer to the mouthpiece, there are two small valve opening point to play high octave tones. Saxophone pick 4 types: Baby Sax, Alto sax, tenor sax, and baritone sax.

Musical Instrument

This instrument is an instrument that is created or modified for the purpose of producing music. In principle, anything that produces sound, and can be arranged in a certain way by a musician, can be called a musical instrument. However, the term is generally reserved for devices intended specifically for music. Field of the study of a musical instrument called organologi.


There are several ways to play a musical instrument:

1. be blown
examples of wind instruments are flute, trumpet, saxophone, and many more.
2. be quoted
examples of stringed instruments are guitar and harp.
3. swiped
example stringed instrument is the violin.
4. be pressed
example of a musical instrument is a piano pressed.