Traditional Balinese Musical Tools That Often Exist In Indigenous Event Instruments

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YOGYAKARTA - The Island of the Gods, Bali, is known for its various arts. Various forms of art, such as music, dance, performances, paintings, have unique characteristics. What are Balinese musical instruments?

Many formal educational institutions study traditional arts, especially Balinese traditions. Well, in music, Bali has various musical instruments. In this article, there are several types of traditional Balinese musical instruments that still exist today. What are these musical instruments? Check out the list below!

Gonggong

Ganggong, a kind of traditional Balinese musical instrument that sounds from vibration. It is made of thin palm trees and palayah that are mounted in the middle. The leader of this musical instrument is given a hole for hook straps. Well, the rope is used to make a vibration. To be fast, the palah was bitten by his mouth and will sound magical.

Rindik

Playing the slendro gamelan will be played from the Rindik series. The variation of Balinese traditional musical instruments is made of bamboo. The system plays it similar to angklung. The difference is, Rindik is in the form of a cymbal-like slab, even though the angklung is in the form of a tube. In the collaborative music performance, Rindik is played by 2 to 5 people, accompanied by the sound of suling, gong, clong, and so on.

Ceng-Ceng

The next variety of traditional Balinese musical instruments is Ceng-ceng. The musical tool is made of metal, in the form of a round slab like a cymbal. This is played by hitting one plate with another. The traditional Balinese Ceng-Ceng musical instrument is commonly referred to as Ricik Ceng-ceng. On the outer component of the cymbal, there is a common thread used to control it. Called Ceng-ceng because of the sound. If you hit it, it will sound peng cloves, so it is called a clove instrument.

Gong

The gong instrument is actually not only found in Bali. In Indonesia, such as Java and East Nusa Tenggara also has traditional Gong musical instruments. In Bali's gamelan or known as Gong Kebyar, the sound of gong is heard accompanied by other traditional musical instruments. In fact, in contemporary music, Gong's instrument is often collaborated with the realm of electronic music.

Gong has been used since the 13th century. It is round with a thickness of approximately 15 to 20 centimeters. On the back component there is a hole, the front component has a round bulge.

Kendang

The variety of Kendang traditional musical instruments in Bali is played in pairs. Namely Kendang Wadon and Kendang Lanang. Played with a system beaten with palms. In Bebetin's inscription, Kendang is called papadana. In Balinese music, 7 types of drums are found according to their size. From the largest to the smallest. Among them are as follows:

- Kendang Mebarang

- Kendang Tambur

- Kendang Bemedug or Bedug

- Kendang Cedungan

- Kendang Gupekan

- Kendang Bebarongan

- Kendang Krumpungan

Mandolin

Mandolin Gamelan is still being played by people living in Pupuan Village, Pupuan District, Tabanan Regency, Bali. Not only in Tabanan Regency, the people of Karangasem, Klungkung, and Badung also played Mandolin musical instruments. This musical instrument is played in a way that is picked like a guitar and a lie. But the difference is, in the stomach of this musical instrument there are keys such as a saxophone. Mandolin has been popular in Bali since the 1930s. During the Japanese occupation, Mandolin was played.

Because the character sounds similar to my hair, this instrument is often called Kecapi Mandolin. To smooth out playing it requires diligent training. Meanwhile, to get this Harpa Mandolin, many of the craftsmen of this musical instrument are in Bali.

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