Angklung is an Indonesian musical instrument consisting of two to four bamboo tubes suspended in a bamboo frame, bound with rattan cords. The tubes are carefully carved and cut by a master craftsman produce certain sounds, when the bamboo frame is shaken or tapped. Each Angklung produces a single note or chord, work together so that more players need to play melodies. Traditional Angklungs use pentatonic, but in 1938 musician Daeng Soetigna Angklungs introduced with the diatonic scale, this is known as angklung Padaeng The Angklung is played are closely related to traditional customs, art and cultural identity in Indonesia, the ceremonies such as rice cultivation. , Harvesting and pruning. The special black bamboo for the Angklung is harvested during the two weeks a year when the cicadas sing and will cut at least three segments above the ground to ensure the root spread further. Angklung education orally from generation to generation, transfer and increasingly in educational institutions. Play due to the cooperative nature of angklung music, promotes cooperation and mutual respect among the players, along with discipline, responsibility, concentration, development of imagination and memory, as well as artistic and musical feelings.
