Sasando is a musical
instrument that comes from the island of Rote, East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia.
The most southern island in Indonesia archipelago.Sasando word comes from Rote
"sasandu". It means vibrant instrument.
Sasando form is similar to other stringed
instruments such as guitar, violin and harp. The main part of Sasando is the
long tubular that commonly made from bamboo. Then in the middle, circling from
top to bottom is placed some lumps in which the strings that stretched across
the tube, from top to bottom resting. The wedge gives different tone to each
passage of the string. Then this Sasando tube placed in a container made from a
kind of woven palm leaves (Lontar leaves ) like a fan made. This container is
the place of Sasando resonance
The composition of the
notation is irregular and you can not see it because it is wrapped. Sasando is
played with two hands from the opposite direction. From left to right and left
to right. Left hand plays the melody and bass, while right hand plays the
accord. That makes Sasando unique because somebody could play the melody, bass,
and accord at once. And the harmony is awesome. Sasando's sound is very unique.
Sasando has 28 strings and it hard to play. Sasando player should have the
ability to combine and make the right rythm and feeling from the whole strings.
Maybe many people who
do not know the musical instrument sasando, because the place origin of musical
instrument is far away from other provinces and we seldom see it on television.
But Sasado has more varied sound than the guitar. So, we have to introduce this
instrument in the world, because there is no instrument has a unique sound and
shape as sasando.
Posted by : Vera Annisa
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