Kacapi is a zither-like Sundanese musical instrument played as the main accompanying instrument in the Tembang Sunda or Mamaos Cianjuran, kacapi suling (tembang Sunda without vocal accompaniment) genre (called kecapi seruling in Indonesian), pantun stories recitation or an additional instrument in Gamelan Degung performance. Word kacapi in Sundanese also refers to santol tree, from which initially the wood is believed to be used for building the zither instrument.
Kacapi and recitation of pantun stories
It is not certain how long the kacapi has been used to
accompany the recitation of pantun stories. In the Sundanese dictionary
published by the Lembaga Basa & Sastra Sunda (1976) the primary meaning of
the word pantun is given as kacapi.
It is played by a band consisting of one or two kecapis
(zithers), one suling (flute) and occasionally a set of kendangs (drums). It is
essentially Tembang Cianjuran without vocalist, sharing the repertoire and
playing techniques.
Maybe Kacapi only famous in the western Java and the people loves music who know about it. Perhaps many people who do not know about this instrument. So, we as young people should be able to introduce a musical instrument in the world, that many Indonesian traditional musical instrument are unique.
Posted by :
Vera Annisa
No comments:
Post a Comment