Sundanese Virtual Angklung
Angklung is a multitonal (double-pitched) musical instrument that traditionally developed in Sundanese society on the western island of Java. This musical instrument is made from bamboo, sounded by shaking it (the sound is caused by the impact of the body of the bamboo pipe) so that it produces a sound that vibrates in a composition of 2, 3, up to 4 notes in each size, both large and small. Jonathan Rigg's Dictionary of the Sundanese Language, published in 1862 in Batavia, writes that the angklung is a musical instrument made from bamboo pipes, the ends of which are cut, resembling the pipes in an organ, and tied together in a frame, vibrated to produce sound. Angklung has been listed as a Masterpiece of Human Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage from UNESCO since November 2010.Read more
