Calung is a traditional West Java musical instrument consisting of a row of bamboo tubes are arranged sequentially with pentatonic and is played by hitting the blades or tabungnya.Bambu used to make musical instruments from the type awi calung friend (Gigantochloa Atter (Hassk.) Kurz ) or awi wulung (Gigantochloa Atroviolacea Widjaja).
Etymologically, the word comes from the calung "cici sing kurulung caca" which means bamboo slats are struck voice.
There are two types calung located in West Java, namely Calung Rantay and Calung Gear.
Etymologically, the word comes from the calung "cici sing kurulung caca" which means bamboo slats are struck voice.
There are two types calung located in West Java, namely Calung Rantay and Calung Gear.
Calung Rantay
Calung rantay called calung also jointly and severally, or calung runtuy calung xylophone. Some experts classify that calung rantay and xylophone calung different types, because in some areas calung xylophone has a patent holder, shaped roughly like xylophon or kolintang in Minahasa.
To play calug rantay usually struck using two bat while sitting cross-legged. Calung rantay consists of bamboo tied and arranged in an array with bamboo order smallest to biggest, then the rope stretched over two bamboo sticks melengkung.Jumlahnya seven blades or more.
Composition in the form of a row there, and there is also a berbentung two rows, which are called calung ovary (calung parent) and the smaller is called calung rincik (calung children).
In some areas such as in Tasikmalaya, Cibalong, and Kanekes, calung rantay memilikiancakkhusus of bamboo or wood.
To play calug rantay usually struck using two bat while sitting cross-legged. Calung rantay consists of bamboo tied and arranged in an array with bamboo order smallest to biggest, then the rope stretched over two bamboo sticks melengkung.Jumlahnya seven blades or more.
Composition in the form of a row there, and there is also a berbentung two rows, which are called calung ovary (calung parent) and the smaller is called calung rincik (calung children).
In some areas such as in Tasikmalaya, Cibalong, and Kanekes, calung rantay memilikiancakkhusus of bamboo or wood.
Calung Jinjing
Calung tote bamboo-shaped tubes are coupled by paniir (small bamboo splinter). Unlike the calung rantay, calung tote played by being hit while portable. Calung tote derived from underlying calung rantay bentukwadrita dibagimenjadi four parts (tools) are separate, ie calung Kingking, calung panepas, calung jongrong, and calung bark. alatini four pieces played by four players and each holding calung in different functions.
- Calung Kingking has 15 slats of bamboo with the highest tone sequence,
- Calung Panepas has five bamboo slats which starts from the lowest tone calung Kingking,
- Calung Jongrong with calung panepas, just tone sequence starting from the lowest tone calung panepas,
- Calung Gonggong only have two bamboo slats with the lowest tone.
Time immemorial, the young generally plays calung interrupted job repel birds and other pests in rice fields. Meanwhile, in the village of Parung, there is a ceremony called Tasikmalaya calung Tarawangsa. At this ceremony calung Tarawangsa collaborated with musical instruments as a ritual tribute to Dewi Sri. Calung commonly used for this ceremony is calung rantay. The songs are sung during the ceremony lasted contains puijan praise to the Goddess Sri.
In its development, function calung shifted to escort an art show called calungan. The combination in the beat gising compose, songs, jokes (jokes) into a claim that folk music is very popular in all levels of society, especially in West Java. Calung living and known to the public now is calung in the form of the presentation of the performing arts, using calung waditra called Jingjing.
In its development, function calung shifted to escort an art show called calungan. The combination in the beat gising compose, songs, jokes (jokes) into a claim that folk music is very popular in all levels of society, especially in West Java. Calung living and known to the public now is calung in the form of the presentation of the performing arts, using calung waditra called Jingjing.
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