Download Angklung with eight pitches

Did you know about angklung? May be some of you have never known.
The Angklung is a musical instrument made of two bamboo tubes attached to a
bamboo frame. Us as part of the Indonesian nation, we should be proud of
angklung. You know why? First, Angklung is a musical instrument of Indonesia.
This instrument has been known since a long time ago in some places in
Indonesia, especially in West Java, Central Java, East Java, and Bali.
Second, Angklung has been known internationally. UNESCO designated
the angklug a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on
November 18, 2010. Last, there is a world record that boasts about angklung. On
July 9, 2011 5,182 people from many nations played angklung together in
Washington DC and are listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest
angklung ensemble. So, we should love angklung as ours. If not us, who else will
love our angklung.
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Angklung with eight pitches
The Angklung is a musical instrument made of two bamboo tubes attached to a
bamboo frame. The tubes are carved to have a resonant pitch when struck and
are tuned to octaves. The base of the frame is held in one hand, whilst the other
hand strikes the instrument. This causes a repeating note to sound. Each of three
or more performers in an angklung ensemble play just one note or more, but
altogether complete melodies are produced. The Angklung is popular throughout
Southeast Asia, brut it originated in today's Indonesia and has been played by the
Sundanese for many centuries.
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1 Etymology
2 History
3 Balinese Gamelan Angklung
4 Outside Indonesia
5 World record
6 See also
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Etymology
Music of Indonesia
Kempul gongs from Java
Timeline • Samples
Genres
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Classical
Kecak
 Kecapi suling
 Tembang sunda
 Pop Indo
 Dance-pop
 Dangdut
 Hip hop
 Kroncong
 Gambang kromong
 Gambus
 Jaipongan
 Langgam jawa
 Pop Batak
 Pop Minang
 Pop Sunda
 Qasidah modern
 Rock
 Tapanuli ogong
 Tembang jawa
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Specific forms
Gamelan
 Angklung
 Beleganjur
 Degung
 Gambang
 Gender Wayang
 Gong gede
 Gong kebyar
 Jegog
 Joged bumbung
 Salendro
 Selunding
 Semar pegulingan
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Regional music
Bali
 Borneo
 Java
Moluccan Islands
 Papua
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Sulawesi
Sumatra
Sunda
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The word "angklung" was originated from Sundanese "angkleung-angkleungan",
that means the movement of angklung player and the sound "klung" that comes
from the instrument.[1]
Another theory suggested that the word "angklung" was formed from two Balinese
words - angka and lung. Angka means "tone", and lung means "broken" or "lost".
Angklung thus means an "incomplete tone".[1]
History
According to Dr.Groneman, angklung had already been a favorite musical
instrument of the entire archipelago even before the Hindu era. According to
Jaap Kunst in Music in Java, besides West Java, angklung also exists in South
Sumatra and Kalimantan. Lampung, East Java and Central Java are also familiar
with the instrument.[1]
In the Hindu period and the time of the Kingdom of Sunda, the angklung played
an important role in ceremonies. The angklung was played to honor Dewi Sri,
the goddess of fertility, so she would bless their land and lives.[2] The angklung
also signaled the time for prayers, and was said to have been played since the 7th
century in Kingdom of Sunda. In the Kingdom of Sunda, it provided martial
music during the Battle of Bubat, as told in the Kidung Sunda.[3] The oldest
surviving angklung is 400 years old Angklung Gubrag. It was made in the 17th
century in Jasinga, Bogor. Other antique angklung are stored in the Sri Baduga
Museum, Bandung.[3] The oldest angklung tradition is called "Angklung Buhun"
(Sundanese: "Ancient Angklung") from Lebak Regency, Banten [4] Angklung
buhun is an ancient type of angklung played by Baduy people of inland Banten
province during Seren Taun harvest ceremony.
Daeng Soetigna in 1971
In 1938, Daeng Soetigna, from Bandung, created an angklung that is based on
the diatonic scale instead of the traditional pélog or sléndro scales. Since then, the
angklung has returned to popularity and is used for education and entertainment,
and may even accompany western instruments in an orchestra. One of the first
performances of angklung in an orchestra was in 1955 during the Bandung
Conference. In 1966 Udjo Ngalagena, a student of Daeng Soetigna, opened his
"Saung Angklung" (House of Angklung) as a centre for its preservation and
development.[3]
UNESCO designated the angklung a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible
Heritage of Humanity on November 18, 2010.[5]
Balinese Gamelan Angklung
In Bali, an ensemble of angklung is called gamelan angklung (anklung). While the
ensemble gets its name from the bamboo shakers, these days most compositions
for Gamelan Angklung do not use them. An ensemble of mostly bronze
metallophones is used instead, generally with about 20 musicians.
While the instrumentation of gamelan angklung is similar to gamelan gong
kebyar, it has several critical differences. First, the instruments are tuned to a 5tone slendro scale, though actually most ensembles use a four-tone mode of the
five-tone scale played on instruments with four keys. An exception is the five-tone
angklung from the north of Bali. But even in four-tone angklung groups, the flute
players will occasionally touch on the fifth implied tone. Secondly, whereas many
of the instruments in gong kebyar span multiple octaves of its pentatonic scale,
mosts gamelan angklung instruments only contain one octave, although some fivetone ensembles have roughly an octave and a half. The instruments are
considerably smaller than those of the gong kebyar.
Gamelan angklung is heard in Balinese temples, where it supplies musical
accompaniment to temple anniversaries (odalan). It is also characteristic of rituals
related to death, and therefore connected in Balinese culture to the invisible
spiritual realm and transitions from life to death and beyond. Because of its
portability, gamelan angklung may be carried in processions while a funeral bier is
carried from temporary burial in a cemetery to the cremation site. The musicians
also often play music to accompany the cremation ceremony. Thus many
Balinese listeners associate angklung music with strong emotions evoking a
combination of sacred sweetness and sadness.
The structure of the music is similar to gong kebyar, although employing a four
tone scale. Jublag and jegog carry the basic melody, which is elaborated by gangsa,
reyong, ceng-ceng, drum, and flute. A medium sized gong, called kempur, is
generally used to punctuate a piece's major sections.
Most older compositions do not employ gong kebyar's more ostentatious
virtuosity and showmanship. Recently many Balinese composers have created
kebyar-style works for gamelan angklung or have rearranged kebyar melodies to
fit the angklung's more restricted four tone scale. These new pieces often feature
dance, so the gamelan angklung is augmented with more gongs and heavier gongs.
Additionally, some modern composers have created experimental instrumental
pieces for the gamelan angklung.
Outside Indonesia
Sundanese boys playing the Angklung in 1918.
The angklung was first invented in West Java, Indonesia; with a possibility of
cultural transmittance to various other places such as Malaysia & the Philippines
over the course of several centuries. In the early 20th century during the time of
Dutch East Indies, the angklung was adopted in Thailand, where it is called
angkalung (อังกะลุง). It was recorded that angklung was brought to Siam in 1908 by
Luang Pradit Pairoh, royal musician in the entourage of HRH Field Marshal
Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse of Siam, who paid a royal visit to Java that year
(27 years after the first state visit of his elder brother, King Chulalongkorn to Java
in 1871.) The Thai angklung are typically tuned in the Thai tuning system of
seven equidistant steps per octave, and each angklung has three bamboo tubes
tuned in three separate octaves rather than two, as is typical in Indonesia.
In 2008, there was a grand celebration in the Thai traditional music circle, to
mark the 100th anniversary of the introduction of angklung to Thailand. Both the
Thai and Indonesian governments supported to celebration.
Angklung has also been adopted by its Austronesian-speaking neighbors, in
particular by Malaysia and the Philippines, where they are played as part of
bamboo xylophone orchestras. Formally introduced into Malaysia sometime after
the end of the Confrontation, angklung found immediate popularity.[6] They are
generally played using a pentatonic scale similar to the Indonesian slendro,
although in the Philippines, sets also come in the diatonic and minor scales used
to perform various Spanish-influenced folk music in addition to native songs in
pentatonic.
At least one Sundanese angklung buncis ensemble exists in the United States.
Angklung Buncis Sukahejo is an ensemble at The Evergreen State College, and
includes eighteen double rattles (nine tuned pairs) and four dog-dog drums.
Many angklung videos are available on YouTube. People have even started to
play pop songs on them, which just goes to show how quickly this generation is
going by.[7]
World record
On July 9, 2011 5,182 people from many nations played angklung together in
Washington DC and are listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest
angklung ensemble.[8]