Kacapi
Sign in to saveThe kacapi is a traditional zither of Sundanese people in Indonesia. This musical instrument is similar to Chinese , Japanese koto, the Mongolian , the Korean , the Vietnamese and the Kazakh jetigen. The kacapi 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.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Kacapi
- Instrument.image
- File:Kacapi-suling-full.jpg
- Instrument.caption
- Kacapi indung or kacapi parahu, with 18 strings.
- Instrument.classification
- String instrument
- Instrument.developed
- Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Form
- Functions
- Tuning and notation
- Physical dimensions
- Recitation of pantun stories
- References
- External links
The kacapi is a traditional zither of Sundanese people in Indonesia. This musical instrument is similar to Chinese , Japanese koto, the Mongolian , the Korean , the Vietnamese and the Kazakh jetigen. The kacapi 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.
The word kacapi in Sundanese also refers to santol tree, from which initially the wood is believed to be used for building the zither instrument.
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