Kacapi suling is a form of Sundanese music from

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. It is essentially '' tembang Sunda'' minus vocals, and also at interludes between songs at a typical Tembang Sunda performance. The higher pitched

kacapi rincik The kacapi ( su, ᮊᮎᮕᮤ) is a traditional zither of Sundanese people in Indonesia. This musical instrument is similiar to Chinese , Japanese '' koto'', the Mongolian , the Korean , the Vietnamese and the Kazakh jetigen. The kacapi played ...

, the lower pitched kacapi indung and the

suling The suling or seruling ( Sundanese: ) is a musical instrument of the Sundanese people in western Java, Indonesia. It is used in the Degung ensemble. Bamboo ring flute can also be found in Southeast Asian, especially in Brunei, Indonesia, Mal ...

flute are the instruments used for kacapi suling. Kacapi suling has instrumental pieces performed in two different scales; the first four in laras pelog convey a light mood, the last four, in laras sorog are more slow and grave. The change to laras sorog usually takes place at midnight and lasts until sunrise. Many hotels in Indonesia, especially in Bali, and other parts of the world like in

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play this Sundanese music genre in their lobbies. Malaysia itself invited Sundanese Kacapi Suling experts from the Province of

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to teach their expertise in Malaysia.

References

#Wim van Zanten, THE POETRuY OF TEMBANG SUNDA, KITL, Leiden, 1984 #http://members.tripod.com/pasundan/ #http://www.asianclassicalmp3.org/arum

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Typical Kecapi Suling piece
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