Details
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Type:
Sub-Improvement
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Status: Closed
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Priority:
Normal
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: Ensemble this!, (enzforgci)
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Component/s: Percussion instrument
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Labels:None
Description
Name: Angklung (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angklung) an instrument used in Balinese gamelan
*Wikidata item: *Q540049 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540049)
Invented: West Java, Indonesia
External links:
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_843_2005-01-11.html
https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/an-indonesian-instrument-the-angklung/
Disambiguation: An instrument that is made of different sizes of bamboo tubes, bound by rattan cords, that are attached to a bamboo frame.
Description: The bamboo tubes are shaped into different sizes to sound a specific notes when hit. The bottom of the frame is held in one hand and the instrument is shaken by the other hand. A group of people use different angklungs of different pitches to produce a melody.
Example uses:
- Balinese temples
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- Used for musical accompaniment for odalan (temple anniversaries)
- Pitra yadnya (rituals related to death)
- Processions
- Cremations