Thursday 29 August 2013

Sasando

Sasando is a traditional musical instrument of culture Rote , East Nusa Tenggara . People rote call ( Sasandu ) , meaning that tools that vibrate or beep . Or in the language of mussels often call sasando , stringed musical instrument that is played by plucking with the fingers of the hand . Sasando is a musical instrument which is plucked . Sasando supposedly been used in the community Rote since the 7th century .

The main ingredient is sasando long bamboo tube form . Then in the middle , a circle from top to bottom are given support or wedge - wedge - in prank - called rote language where strings or strings stretching around the bamboo tube , resting from the top down . Senda This gives a different tone to each passage strings . At first tuner stringed instrument made ​​of wood , to be played later diketok to set the right tone . Then this sasando tube placed in a container made ​​of woven palm leaves called haik . Haik is what serves as a resonance sasando .

There are several versions of folk ceritra which tells about the early sasandu / sasando , including terdamparnya ceritra This stems from a young man named Sangguana Ndana island . Then by the local people, he was brought before the king takalaa . This was the beginning Sangguana meeting with the king's daughter . Sangguana fell in love with the princess , but the king has a requirement to receive Sangguana . Sangguana asked the king to make another musical instrument from another . In his dream to play musical instruments Sangguana beautiful shape with a melodious voice . Dreams that inspired Sangguana to make musical instruments such as the king desired . Instrument was named sasandu . The sasandu then given to the daughter of the king and the king's daughter to name Hitu ( seven ) the meaning of the name is because the 7 ( seven ) sasando strings vibrate when plucked simultaneously . Sangguanapun eventually marry the king's daughter , because it managed to meet the wishes of the king . Therefore , the function and use , sasando usually played to accompany singing , imitating chants , poetry readings accompanied Rote area also for envy dance , entertain and grieving families who are having a party . There is no requirement or special ritual to be able to play them . Anyone can learn to play it .

Sasando rapid development commencing , originated from strings sasando 7 ( pentatonic ) as sasando gong , because it is usually played with the rhythm of gongs , gong sasando then evolved into a stringed musical instrument pentatonic with 11 ( eleven ) strings . Sasando gong is very popular in the islands of Rote .


Then estimated at the end of the 18th century sasando change , from sasando gong to sasando violin . Sasando violin is more developed in Kupang . Sasando violin named because the tones that exist in tone on the violin imitating sasando . Diatonic tone and looks like sasando gong but bamboo shape and diameter greater than sasando gong and the number of strings on a violin sasando more, initially 30 tones later developed into 32 to 36 strings . Sasando violin there are 2 forms of sasando to form a resonating chamber made ​​of palm leaves / haik and sasando violin with a resonating chamber shape made ​​of wood or multiplex ( box / box / crate ) . As we often see on banknotes five thousands emissions in 1992.


Recency has created an electric sasando worked on since 1958 and in 1960 was successfully completed Sasando Electrical and get the perfect sound with the original sound . This form of electrical sasando made ​​as many as 30 strings . His first was Arnoldus Edon maker , and made ​​his first electric sasando directly below to Jakarta by Thobi Messakh ( traditional leaders from Rote ) . The most important tool in the electrical sasando , besides sasando body and strings , is a spool ( pickup ) which is a transducer that will convert string vibration into electrical energy , and then passed through the wires and into the amplifier .


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