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The suling (Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮜᮤᮀ) is a musical instrument of the Sundanese people in Indonesia. It is used in the Degung ensemble. Bamboo ring flute can also be found in Southeast Asian , especially in Brunei , [ 1 ] Indonesia , [ 2 ] Malaysia , [ 2 ] the Philippines and Singapore .
A gambang, properly called a gambang kayu ('wooden gambang') is a xylophone-like instrument used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang ensembles. It has wooden bars (wilah) in contrast to the metallic ones of the more typical metallophones in a gamelan. A largely obsolete instrument, the gambang gangsa, is a similar instrument made with metal bars.
The gamelan gambang is a type of gamelan ensemble in Bali which uses four gambangs, a wooden xylophone-like instrument (as opposed to most gamelan instruments, which are made of bronze), as well as two sarons. It is considered an ancient and sacred ensemble, and is used for temple and funeral rites.
Suling degung: a four-holed bamboo flute. Suling kawih: a six-holed bamboo flute, interchangeably used with suling degung; Gambang: a wooden xylophone. Kacapi: a zither. In classical degung, the bonang serves as a conductor for the whole ensemble. Except in certain modern compositions, it is rarely absent.
The ensemble includes suling, various small percussion instruments similar to sleigh bells and finger cymbals, and trompong - a row of small kettle gongs that play the melody. A similar type of ensemble, Gamelan Pelegongan , substitutes a pair of gendérs for the trompong as the melody carrier and plays the music for a set of dances known as ...
There are many regions in Indonesia that use suling as a traditional instrument and have different local names for it. In Java , Sunda , and Bali , this instrument is commonly called suling, in Minang it is called saluang , in Toraja, it is called Lembang flute, in Halmahera, it is called bangsil, and in West Nusa Tenggara it is called silu.
Several other instruments can also be included: the gambang (xylophone), suling (end-blown bamboo flute), and siter (plucked stringed instrument). Vocal parts called gerong (for male singers) or sindhen (for female singers) can be added in certain sections of pieces, as can alok , vocal cries that accent certain parts of the form or melody.
Suling, are made mainly of "tamiang" bamboo (Schizostachyum blumei, Nees), a long, thin-walled bamboo tube. The mouthpiece of the suling is circled with a thin band made of rattan near a small hole. Toleat, similar to a Suling, but the sound produced is similar to a Saxophone and differs from blowing techniques.