Calung : The Musical Instruments From Sunda Culture in West Java

There are several tools for local art in Indonesia, that is the bamboo. Music tool Calung (angklung prototype) from West Java (Sundanese). Unlike became angklung how the game is amazing segments Calung sticks (bamboo tube), which was organized by the pentatonic scale (da-na-ti-mi-la shaken). To make the typical species of bamboo Calung swallowing, ie, the black bamboo (Awi Wulung), but some are made from bamboo White (Awi Temen).

Calunga understand that as a musical instrument and the art of long-term performance. There are two types of known Sundanese Calung, namely Calung Rantay(chain model) and Calunga Jinjing (portable model).


Calunga Rantay
Rantay leaves Calung agreed with the tube comes with a strip of hibiscus in Aline highest to lowest, of 7 or more pieces of bamboo. Composition of the device there is a line, and there are also two (row and large model or as little information Calung Rincik). What just played Calung Rantay hit with both hands, he sat down below the knee, Calung usually tied to a tree or building) a cabin (Calung Rantay Banjaran city of Bandung.

Calung Jingjing
The rows of bamboo Calung lines joined by a small piece of bamboo.  Calung Jinjing consist of four or five parts of the tubes as Calunga Kingking (consisting of 12 bamboo pipes), Calung Panep (5 / 3 and 2 bamboo tubes), jongjrong Calung (5 / 3 and 2 bamboo tubes) and barking Calung (2 bamboo tubes). Calung integrity of its development until today did not use a single and two Calung Kingking Calung panempas barking without Calung Jongrong a way to communicate with his right hand and asked to play his left hand on the instrument to undercut undesired operation.