Sundanese traditional instruments (KECAPI)
Sundanese traditional instruments.
Learn about Kecapi music instruments. Traditional musical instruments from Sunda (Indonesia)
Kecapi is one type of Sundanese traditional musical instrument that plays it in a way picked using a finger. (right hand finger) and or in toel (left hand finger). This lute instrument is almost similar to a piano instrument, but what sets it apart is our way of playing it. If the piano may already be very popular for us with how to play it with the press. and the nickname in the form of DO, RE, MI ..,
Well liven up with the instrument of Kecapi is how to play it is by the way picked, the nickname of this harp is in the form of MI, DA, NA ... Kecapi is a traditional Sundanese musical instrument that is played as a major musical instrument in Tembang Sunda or Mamaos Cianjuran. This word of Kecapi, when in Sundanese refers to the plant sentul, its own plant sentulani is believed to be used in the manufacture of musical instruments Kecapi.
The tone in this Sundanese Kecapi music instrument has 5 (pentatonic) ladder tones, which consist of: Da, Mi, Na, Ti, and La tone. Kecapi is often used for large events such as traditional parties and also weddings, to produce a very good tone of this harp should be played with Sundanese musical instrument made of bamboo. The music that flows will feel stunning to our ears if these two instruments are played simultaneously. As for techniques in accompanying music, Kecapi is usually divided into several types on the game, including Kecapi Parent and Kecapi Rincik. The parent harp is useful for leading music by providing good intro like, bridges, interlude, and also to determine tempo. For this purpose, a large piece of lute with 18 or 20 strings of lute is used. Medium kecapi rincik is useful as an enriching music accompaniment by filling the space between the tone of the parent harp tones with very high frequencies, especially in the songs that bermetrum remain as in Kecapi Suling or Sekar Panambih.