Indonesian Culture Diversity: 2011-11-27

Cultural Diversity From Sumatra Island

Tifa musical instrument

Tifa is a cultural Musical instrument originally from Maluku and Papua, this cultural instrument playing by hit. Made from a wood with one side of the tip is covered, and usually cover used buckskin, that has been dried to produce a good sound.

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Nafari musical instrument

Nafari is a cultural instrument originally from Maluku, this cultural instrument become one part of cultural diversity in Indonesia.

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Floit Musical Instrument

Floit is a cultural music instrument in Indonesia, this cultural instrument is derived from Maluku, as a cultural deversity in Indonesia Floit must be conserved.

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Keso-keso musical instrument

Keso-keso musical instrument is a part of cultural diversity from Indonesia, this cultural instrument derived from South Sulawesi.

Alosu musikal instrument

Alosu is a cultural musical instrument from South Sulawesi, this cultural instrument made of woven palm leaves the box, in it contains the seed, Alosu is a part of cultural diversity which must be conserved.

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Cultural Diversity From D.I Aceh

Babun musikal instrument

Babun is one part of cultural diversity in Indonesia, derived from South Kalimantan. This cultural instrument made by woods have a circle texture and has a hole in the middle of this musical instrument.

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Sasando

Sasando is a cultural musical instrument from East Nusa Tenggara, its a unique kind of plucked cultural instrument.Its sound source are fastened around its main resonator, in addition the sasando alsx has a second resonator, made from leaves of palmyra palm, which also fungtions as decoration. As a cultural diversity in Indonesia sasando must be conserved by indonesian people.

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Foi mere musikal instrument

Foi mere is a cultural musical instrument from East Nusa Tenggara, this cultural instrument similar with traditional flute from flores.

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Cultural Diversity From Sumatra Island

Cungklik musikal instrument

Cungklik is a part of cultural diversity from Indonesia, this cultural instrument derived from West Nusa Tenggara.

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Balinese Gamelan

One again cultural diversity from Indonesia, become from Cultural instrument its Gamelan Balinese.

A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from Bali island , featuring a variety of instruments such as xylophones, drums, gongs and bamboo flutes.

A Balinese gamelan cultural instrument is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together cultural instrument from different gamelan are generally not interchageable. Balinese gamelan is an ensemble of instruments indigenous to the island of Bali in Indonesia ("gamelan" means "orchestra"). The instruments include small bronze metallophones tuned to a four- or five-note scale, various gongs, flutes, drums and other percussion.

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Siter

Siter is a musical quotation in the gamelan of java, it has to do also with the harp in the gamelan jawa.

Siter cultural instrument had 11 and 13 pairs of strings, spanned both sides of the resonator box. Generally this cultural instrument has a length about 30cm and put in box when it is played. As a cultural diversity from indonesia, siter must be conserved.

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Gamelan jawa musical instrument

Javanese gamelan usually consists of Gong, Kendang, Gambang, flute and zither.

Gamelan is the music that is created from an alloy gong sounds, kenong and other Javanese musical instruments. Rhythm of the music is soft and reflects the harmony of life of the Javanese will soon greet and soothe the soul was heard.Gamelan, Orchestra a la Java

Gamelan music is definitely not a stranger. Its popularity has penetrated every continent and has created a new musical blend of jazz-gamelan, gave birth to the institution as a learning space and gamelan music expression, has produced famous gamelan musicians. Gamelan music can now be enjoyed in many parts of the world, but Yogyakarta is the most appropriate place to enjoy gamelan it since you can enjoy the original version.

Growing in Yogyakarta Gamelan Gamelan Java is, a different form of gamelan Balinese gamelan or Sundanese gamelan. Javanese gamelan has a softer tone and slow, in contrast to the lively Balinese gamelan and Sundanese gamelan very lilting voice and flute dominated. The difference is reasonable, since Java has a view of life that is expressed in the rhythm of gamelan music.

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Rebab musical instrument

Rebab is a musical instrument from west java, Rebab is a two-stringed fiddle. This instrument are found in many Muslim countries. So, it is generally being considered as an foreign instruments in Indonesian gamelan. In fact, what appear to be two strings is actually a single long copper string wound around the bottom of the stick and ending in two pegs at the upper part of the stick. These two strings pass over a wide wooden bridge. Unlike other Asian fiddle, the two tuning pegs of Rebab are exaggeratedly long. These two long tuning pegs will break easily, if they are not gripped closer to the neck of the instrument.

During playing, the player's palm, which hold the bow, is facing upwards. The player's third and fourth fingers should pull the hair of the bow, to create some tension. The Rebab is held vertically, or slightly tilting forwards. There is no finger board on the neck of this instrument. The player's fingers press the strings lightly, and the string should not touch the neck. However, this instrument can produce a fairly loud sound.

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Angklung Musical Instrument

Angklung is a cultural musical cultural instrument from west java typically from sundanese, angklung cultural instrument consisting of 2 to 4 bamboo tubes suspended in a bamboo frame, bound with rattan 6 cords. Each Angklung produces a single not or cord so several players must collaborate to play melodies.

An angklung players holds the instrument in one hand and shakes it with the other. A melody is performed by providing as many angklungs and players as required by the different pitches of the tube.

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Cultural Diversity From Java Island

Gamelan Sunda Musical instrument

One again cultural diversity from Indonesia, become from Cultural instrument its Gamelan Sunda.

A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from island of Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as xylophones, drums, gongs and bamboo flutes.

A gamelan sunda cultural instrument is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together cultural instrument from different gamelan are generally not interchageable.

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Dog-dog

Dog-dog is a cultural instrument from java island. Dogdog lojor a string of two words, namely dogdog and lojor, Dogdog is a percussion instrument made of a hollow tree trunk with a sphere diameter of 15 cm and smaller tip diameter of 12-13 cm, while the length is approximately 90 cm to 100 cm. At the end of the spheres with a diameter of 15 m was covered with goat skin which has been dried, then tied with rope and bamboo dipaseuk / wedge to tighten the skin. so that if hit will make a sound dog .. dog .. dog. Finally disebutlah dogdog instrument. While lojor (Bantam Sundanese dialect) means `long '.

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Cultural Diversity From Papua

Calung Musical instrument

Calung is a cultural musical instrument from west java, similar to angklung, calung is made from bamboo but the have different form. Calung cultural instrument is a little bit like xylophone to sound it simple just hit the lath using stick.

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Aremba

Aremba is a cultural musical instrument from west java. this cultural instrument become one of part cultural diversity from indonesia.

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Talempong Pacik Musical instrument

Talempong Pacik is a hand held gong-chimes, played in standing position and sometimes played in processions. Among the most beautiful, sacred and highly rated cultural instruments in minangkabau cultural.

Combined with drums, also sacred to form ritual talempong ensembles. Talempong pacik cultural instruments ussually consist of 6 gong-chimes which ma be played by 3 people holding 2 gong-chimes each. As part of cultural diversity from minangkabau, this cultural instrument must be conserved.

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Cultural Diversity From Banten

Saluang musical instrument

Saluang is a cultural musical instrument from west sumatra its similar to the flute, It is made of thin bamboo or “talang” (Schizostachyum brachycladum Kurz), with 4 hole. Saluang more simple than other kind of flute because it is made just adding 4 holes and finish. The dimension of saluang is 3-4 cm in diameter and 40-60 cm in length. Minangkabau people believe that talang which is collected from rack of clothes dryer or found drifting in the river is a good material for making saluang.

Saluang is usually played by male musicians, but the singer can be man or woman, sometimes accompanied with talempong ( a small kettle gong which gives its name to an ensemble of four or five talempong, produce a static texture consisting of interlocking rhythms ),

Saluang player can play that music instrument without interrupting for taking breath from start to end of song. They have developed special breath technique in blowing that instrument without stopping for breathtaking. This technique is also called as manyisiahkan angok techniques (set aside one’s breath).

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Garantung cultural instrument

Garantung is the other cultural diversity from North Sumatra, this cultural instrument originally consisted of 5 pieces of board, but in any development which consists of 8-13 pieces of board, this cultural instrument is called diatonic garantung.

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Faritia Musical instrument

One again cultural diversity in North Sumatra is a faritia musical cultural instrument.

Faritia is a little gong like aramba, this cultural instrument has a diameter 20-30 cm, and made by metal, this cultural instrument ussualy carried by hand while the other hand hit this cultural instrument, as a cultural diversity this musical instrument must be conserved, so we can save our culture.

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