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The name "siter" comes from the Dutch word "citer", which corresponds to the English word "zither". "Celempung" is related to the Sundanese musical form celempungan. The strings of the siter are played with the thumbnails, while the fingers are used to dampen the strings when the next one is hit, as is typical with instruments in the gamelan.
The sitar (English: / ˈ s ɪ t ɑːr / or / s ɪ ˈ t ɑːr /; IAST: sitāra) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music.
Kacapi Siter; The Kacapi Parahu is a resonance box with an uncovered underside to allow the sound out. The sides of this kind of kacapi are tapered inward from top to bottom, which gives the instrument a boat-like shape. In ancient times, it was made directly from solid wood by perforating it. The Kacapi siter is a plan-parallel resonance box ...
The "Kolintang" or "Kulintang" is a Minahasan (Northern Celebic) term, [2] derived from the Old Javanese " kalintaṅ" or "kalintaṅan", terms used in Gamelan, literally means 'pass' (an act or instance of moving past or through something), referring to the act or movement of playing the Kolintang itself.
In modern celempungan ensembles, the celempung may be replaced by the siter, kacapi, and kendang. [1] Troupes' musical repertoires include gamelan salendro kliningan. [3] Dutch ethnomusicologist Jaap Kunst described celempungan in his 1973 book Music in Java: "The chelempung-orchestra (ill. 131) is fortunate in being widely-spread.
Depictions of sapeh exist in carvings and bas-relief panels found in ancient temples of Java dating back to the early 8th century. According to native Kalimantan manuscripts and inscriptions (mainly found in Banjar and Kutai Kertanegara), these string-based musical instrument originated in the eastern region of the island of Java and were introduced to the southern and eastern coastal regions ...
Indonesia is a country with many different tribes and ethnic groups, and its music is also very diverse, coming in hundreds of different forms and styles.Every region has its own culture and art, and as a result traditional music from area to area also uniquely differs from one another.
Renowned hasapi player Si Data of "Soerbakti, Karolanden," North Sumatra (1915-1920) by Tassilo Adam. Hasapi, also written as kacapi, hapitan, and kulcapi, is a two-stringed lute played by the Batak people of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. [1]