Do You Know? Percussion

Percussion is the designation for all musical instruments playing at o'clock technique, using either hand or stick. In this case several musical instruments belonging to the percussion instruments are Gamelan, Kendang, lyre, Arumba, Talempong, Sampek and Kolintang, Rebana, Napkin, Jimbe and so forth.

a. The Gamelan is a musical instrument made ​​of metal, gamelan from central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, also in West Java called Degung and in Bali called Balinese gamelan. One device consists of gamelan instruments saron, demung, gongs, kenong, slentem, bonang, peking, gender and several other instruments. Besides, the gamelan has a pentatonic melodies / pentatonic.

b. Kendang is a kind of percussion instrument that membranes derived from animal skins (goat). Drum or drum can be found in many parts of Indonesia. In the area of West Java drum plays an important role in the dance Jaipong. In Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java and Bali drums are always used in the game good gamelan to accompany dances, puppet and ketoprak. Tifa is a kind of musical instrument drum that can be encountered in the area of Papua, Maluku and Nias. Tambourine is a type of musical instruments commonly in use in having Islamic art. tambourine can be found in most parts of Indonesia.

c. The lyre is a stringed musical instrument from West Java daerh. Forms organologi harp is a wooden box lined above strings / strings, wooden boxes are useful as resonatornya. Musical instrument resembling a lute is the siter of Central Java.

d. Arumba (strains of bamboo grove) come from West Java daereah. Arumba is a musical instrument made ​​of bamboo material in the play with the melodic and rhythmic. Pad initially arumba use pentatonic scales, but in its development using diatonic scales.

e. Talempong is the art of Minangkabau traditional music. Talempong is a musical tone diatonic (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do).

f. Sampek (until / sapek) adlah musical instrument resembling a guitar comes from Kalimantan. This musical instrument made ​​of wood covered with ornaments / carvings are beautiful. Other stringed instruments that resembled Sampek is Hapetan of Tapanuli, Jungga from South Sulawesi.

g. Kolintang or kulintang originated from Minahasa. This instrument has a diatonic scales that all instrument consists of bass, melodic and rhythmic. The basic ingredients are made ​​of wood and how to play this instrument in at by using sticks.

h. Sasando is a stringed musical instrument derived from the East Nusa Tenggara, this harp made ​​of bamboo with the given string / strings while resonasinya made ​​of woven palm leaves that have a half-circle shape.