Angklung

Angklung is a musical instrument multitonal (dual pitched), which is traditionally grown in the Sundanese-speaking community in the western part of Java Island. This musical instrument made ​​of bamboo, sounded shaken by the way (the sound caused by the clash of bodies bamboo pipes) so as to produce sounds that vibrate in the arrangement of tones 2, 3, and 4 tones in every size, both large and small. Barrel (tone) musical instrument Angklung as Sundanese traditional music is mostly salendro and pelog.

The history of Angklung,
No clue since when angklung use, but supposedly primitive forms have been used in Neolithic culture that developed in the archipelago until the beginning of the modern calendar, so Angklung is part of the relics of pre-culture of Hinduism in the archipelago.

Note on emerging angklung refer the Kingdom of Sunda (the 12th century until the 16th century). The origin of the creation of bamboo music, such as angklung based view of Sundanese people who live agrarian with the lifeblood of rice (pare) as a staple food. This gave rise to the myth of trust against Sri Nyai Pohaci as a symbol of life-giving Goddess of Rice (breathe-hurip). Bedouin society, regarded as the remnants of native Sundanese people, applying angklung as part of the ritual began planting rice. Angklung game gubrag in Jasinga, Bogor, is one that is still alive since more than 400 years ago. Rite begins its emergence from rice. Angklung created and played to lure Dewi Sri down to earth people that rice plants thrive.
This type of bamboo used as the instrument is black bamboo (awi wulung) and white bamboo (awi temen). Each tone (barrel) is generated from the sound of tube-shaped bamboo slats (wilahan) each bamboo from small to large sizes.

Known by the Sundanese society since the time of the Sunda kingdom, of which as penggugah spirit in battle. Angklung function as pumping continues to feel the spirit of the people until the colonial period, which is why the Dutch Government had banned the use Angklung, the ban could make angklung popularity declined and only played by children at that time. [Citation needed]

Furthermore, the songs offerings to Dewi Sri, is accompanied by the sound of percussion accompaniment made ​​of bamboo poles which are then born a simple packed structures bamboo musical instrument we know today called angklung. Similarly, at the time of harvest festival and seren taun powered angklung game. Especially in the presentation ceremony Angklung related to rice, it becomes a performance art that are the parade or helaran, even in some places into the convoy Rengkong and Dongdang and Jampana (stretcher food) and so on.

During its development, angklung evolved and spread throughout Java and Borneo and Sumatra. In 1908 recorded a cultural mission from Indonesia to Thailand, among others, characterized the submission Angklung and bamboo music of this game also had spread there.

In fact, since 1966, figures Udjo Ngalagena angklung who developed a technique based on barrel-barrel game pelog, salendro, and madenda-began to teach how to play Angklung many people from various community