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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia (pronounced /ˌɪndoʊˈni¢°ziə/ or /ˌɪndəˈni¢°ʒə/), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With a population of around 230 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, and has the world's largest population of Muslims. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta.
It's quite relaxing listening to music while surfing internet so I decide to include Indonesian traditional music in this homepage. I am also surprised that school children play this music as part of the school curriculum in Argentina. It seems that music can bring people to understanding and respecting other cultures. The following are the most popular musical instruments in Indonesia. As you can see, I have added more on the people and the history of Indonesia than it's intended. This page grows as it goes....
Angklung is a musical instrument made out of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a resonant pitch when struck. The two tubes are tuned to octaves. The base of the frame is held with one hand while the other hand shakes the instrument rapidly from side to side. This causes a rapidly repeating note to sound. Thus each of three or more angklung performers in an ensemble will play just one note and together complete melodies are produced. Angklung is popular throughout Southeast Asia, but originated from Indonesia (used and played by the Sundanese since the ancient times).
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The Kolintang is either one set or a group of local melodious percussion, each consists of wooden bars of various lengths that are struck by wooden or rubber mallets. The bars are arranged horizontally from shorthest (high pitch) on the left to longest (low pitch) on the right respectively. Underneath, a box is installed, functioned as the resonator.
The name of Kolintang, as many other music instruments on native to the archipelago, is either directly or indirectly derived from its sound. Minahasan interpret the Kolintang's low pitch as "Tong", high pitch "Ting", and medium "Tang". Thus, one will say, "Let's play Tong Ting Tang", or in local dialect, " Mangemo kumolintang". A long process of language simplification finally produces the word "Kolintang."
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