Story about Angklung

Angklung, the name maybe is not too popular for most of people outside Asia. It is normal condition because Angklung is a traditional music instrument from Asia, especially Indonesia. The country always produces unique music instruments. We have to admit that Indonesia always able to make us amaze with their traditional cultures, and this instrument is just one of it.

Angklung was made from bamboo. It consists of two or two tubes of bamboos that each of it was cut in different length. The different length was purposed to produce octaves. The sound from the music instrument is out from the tube, which placed in a small bamboo stick. When we shake the angklung, the tube and the stick will strike each other; there is the source of the sound. Usually, the instrument was set up into frame. The number of the instrument is varying, depends on the need of the octave.

Angklung usually used by people in Indonesia perform large numbers of it for ceremonial dances. The instrument usually played by a group of musicians. When the musicians play their bamboo instrument the traditional circumstances was built up. Today, we can still find the bamboo music instrument is Indonesia, especially in West Java.