kacapi (Family of Sundanese string zithers)
~ String instrument
Description
There are two kinds, boat shaped "mother" and "child" ones, originally made of a single piece of wood and descended from the kacapi pantun as used in epic story. And a flat box-zither made of wood used from the 1950's and in experimental music.
Relationships
| from: | Sunda, Jawa, Indonesia |
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| subtypes: | kacapi indung (Boat shaped zither used in Sundanese gamelan) kacapi rincik (Small boat shaped zither used in Sundanese gamelan) kacapi siter (Box zither used in Sundanese gamelan) |
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| part of: | Sundanese gamelan (Indonesian traditional ensemble) |
| picture: | https://staticbrainz.org/irombook/kacapi/kacapi.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q1823485 [info] |
| other databases: | https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_jiten_kacapi.html [info] |
