Sasando

The sasando, also sesando or sasandu,is a harp-like traditional music string instrument native to Rote Island of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
The name sasando is derived from the Rote dialect word ”sasandu”, which means "vibrating" or "sounded instrument". It is believed that the sasando had already been known to the Rote people since the 7th century.
The main part of the sasando is a bamboo tube that serves as the frame of the instrument. Surrounding the tube are several wooden pieces serving as wedges where the strings are stretched from the top to the bottom. The function of the wedges is to hold the strings higher than the tube surface as well as to produce various length of strings to create different musical notations. The stringed bamboo tube is surrounded by a bag-like fan of dried lontar or palmyra leaves (Borassus flabellifer), which functions as the resonator of the instrument.The sasando is played with both hands reaching into the stings of the bamboo tube through opening on the front. The player's fingers then pluck the strings in a fashion similar to playing a harp or kacapi.
The sasando has 28 or 56 strings. The sasando with 28 strings is called sasando engkel and sometimes has 56 strings, called double strings.
                                      

Legend

According to local tradition, the origin of the sasando is linked to the folktale of the Rote people about Sangguana.The story goes that there once was a boy named Sangguana who lived on Rote Island. One day, as he tended to savannah, he felt tired and fell asleep under a palmyra tree. Sangguana dreamt that he played beautiful music with a unique instrument whose sound and the melody was so enchanting. When he woke up, surprisingly, Sangguana could still remember the tones he played in the dream. Wanting to hear it one more time, he tried to fall asleep again. Again he dreamt of the same song and the same instrument. Sangguana was enjoying his dream, but eventually he had to wake up. Not wanting to lose the beautiful sounds from his dream, Sangguana tried to recreate the sounds and quickly created a musical instrument from palmyra leaves with the strings in the middle, based on his memory from the dream, which became the basis of the sasando.

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Bamboo Flute

Bamboo Flute

                               

The flute is the oldest musical instrument to be firm date.The early history of the possibility of flutes date back to about 900 BC.They are the musical instruments of the earliest known and is one of the three celebrated Indian musical instruments (the other two veena and mridanga).
Bamboo flute musical instrument is a musical instrument made of bamboo and and how manner in inflatable.This instrument is small with a length of 30 cm with a diameter of 3cm.Distilled generally in Indonesia on average using the do, re, mi, fa, so, la, si.Flute is very popular in Indonesia as an accompaniment of folk music and dangdut music.Flute own history has been played since ancient times where around 40,000 years ago.It proved to be found the oldest flute in found with the age of 40,000 years. Flute also has a hole in the body of the flute where it serves to set the tone.Besides accompaniment to other instruments that also often distilled to accompany the singing.Flute is very good to hear because small and sometimes make us late in the voice.Lots flutist great which each give the game up and always conjured fans in Indonesia itself there is a flutist who have talen remarkable where he also often accompany the artist dangdut is Jojon he often accompany dangdut artist famous as Elvy sukaisi , hamdan ATT, mega mustika, Mansour s, muhsin Alatas and more.According this talent she also frequently appeared in the region of Central Java, East Java and Jogjakarta to accompany the talent in possessed.
                       

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Flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family or woodwind. Unlike the reed, flute is an aerophone instrument or wind instrument that produces sound without rid of air flow across the holes. It is made of bamboo at one time. But now the modern flute is made of aluminum and plastic.How to play it is a blow. But the way played the flute must be correct to produce a good sound. According to the classification of the musical instrument Hornbostel-Sachs, flutes or flutes are categorized as blowing edge.

In addition to the human voice, the flute is the oldest musical instruments. Some flutes are 35,000 to 43,000 years Swabian Alb region is found in Germany. Flute-flute music tradition shows the presence of modern humans found in Europe.

Flutes produce sound when air flow across an orifice. This air flow causes the air vibration, which began in the hole.
Airflow across the hole results in chiffon or Bernoulli effect. The thrill of air which typically contained in a resonant cavity of the cylinder in the flute. Piper change pitch sound by closing or opening a hole in the body of the tool, and thus change the effective length of the resonator and the resonant frequency. Blowers can also change the pitch not so menyalun the harmonic frequency and fundamental frequency without opening or closing the hole by changing the pressure of the air flow.Flutes can be improved with the use of a resonant larger, large air flow, or by increasing the velocity of air flow. Flute volume can be increased by adding a great tool and hole resonators ton. This is why a police whistle, a kind of flute, has a wide pitch and why the organ is louder than concert flutes: an organ pipe can contain several square meters of air, and probably some holes tonne centimeters wide, while the air flow flute concert only a few millimeters wide.Air flow must be directed at the right angle and velocity; otherwise the air contained in the device will not vibrate. The flute has a channel (fipple), airway being formed and exactly compress and channel the air to the edge of the lip of the open window. The air inside the organ supplied belo regularly.In the flute with no channels or fipple, and directed air flow formed by the lips blowers, dubbed "embusur". This allows players to get a broad expression in pitch, volume and timbre (tone color) versus having flutes (eg, recorder). However, it is difficult for new players to make the full sound of the flute section against a tool such as recorder, as said, have airways. Transverse flute and flute blown tip also require more air and makes circular breathing technique, breathing spin, more difficult.

   

flute category

 In its basic form, a flute can be tubular blown like blowing bottles. There are several classes of flute. With most flutes, musicians blowing directly across the edge or lip mouthpiece, with 1/4 of the lower lip embosur closing hole. However, some types of flutes such as whistles, gemshorn, flageolet, recorder, tin whistle, Monette, fujāra, and ocarina have a duct that channels air to the edge of the tool (known as fipple). Such a tool is known as "flutes fipple" ". Fipple the timbre of different instruments from flutes that do not have fipple and facilitate the game tool; however, the player loses some control tool.Another division is between the edge of blowing flute (transverse flute) as the Western concert flute, piccolo, Faif, dizi, and bansuri; and ney flute like blowing end, xiao, Kaval, Danso, shakuhachi, flute, and Anasazi pequeña. Flautist blowing a hole in the side edge of the tube to generate tons, compared with the end of wind instrument players who have a blow hole at the end. Note that no single blow flute with flute fipple (such as recorder) who also played vertically but have internal channels that distribute air to the edge of the hole ton.Flutes can be open at one or both ends. Ocarina, xun, pan pipes, and a police whistle, and bosun's whistle are closed devices. Flutes open end as the concert flute and the recorder have more harmonics, thus playing a more flexible, and more cheerful timbre.Lute can have some tubes, but the flute has only one tube is the type most often found. Flute which has a lot of resonator device can be played by a resonant tool each time (such as pan pipes) or more of a resonant device at once (like a double flute).Flute can be played with multiple air source. Blown flute with mouth habit, or even a tool that is blown through the nose (nose flute, for example, "selengut", the musical instrument of Sarawak). Pipe organ, which in terms of acoustics similar to duct flutes, blown with colt or fan.

The Kind of Flute

1.Bansuri: Indian version of the bamboo flute, Bansuri range from 12 inches to 40 inches, 20 inches of one of the most common nan. Bansuri usual has six holes and both hands are used for its control. Depending on where the holes nan has been left open or kept closed, the sound produced by the impact nan resonance created within the instrument column. Bansuri is complicated, especially when you hear the professional game nan may sound great and weird while when you try it yourself instead cracked.

Bansuri flute nan is probably the most popular play in India, apart from the Shehnai nan an oboe without keys. The primary reason the use of the popularity refers to the Hindu god Krishna, nan often fascinated women and animals when she was playing the flute. Krishna is one of the most revered gods nan and therefore, people's love for him translates to their love for the flute.

2.Dizi: nan flute made of bamboo made and the most popular in China. This instrument six fingers, side-blown and have a membrane hole. While Dizi is played horizontally, vertically nan has a friend called 'Xiao', nan nan is derived from Shakuhachi flute.

The notation is as old as history shows Dizi 9,000 years, although there are many nan changed. Dizi still remains as the flute six holes nan popular in China.

3.Fife small, but do not underestimate its power! Ever wonder why Fife used for military exercises and in marching band? Because fife nan has a high-pitched sound can spread the listeners. In fact, the beginning of the war notation mention that the Fife (plus drums) could be heard more than three miles away, was more striking than all the artillery fire!

Orchestra Fife played in A flat, while marching fife band is in B flat, nan means it can be played on the lowest notation is flat B. What is the fife and unique about her rudeness. fife constructed such that it fits in the pocket and make the sound louder than the other instruments.

Of course, this requirement comes with the disadvantage of fife nan was able to play more than a few beats chromatics, and only for those nan can play.

4. Modern Musical Instruments Flute Flute flute concert or a musical instrument nan modern is what can be seen more often if you live in America or Europe, though not close the possibility is also used in addition to the two workshops that, because it penetrates music. It is the sister of the recorder and used almost everywhere. Here are the types of modern flute.

•     Bass Flute in C The largest of them all, is the bass flute in the key of C. The only modern flute is greater than the bass flute is contra-bass flute, nan is two octaves below the concert flute.

•     Alto Flute in G alto flute using the same finger as nan nan needed for the concert flute, while sharing the same tube with bass flute. The alto flute is primarily designed for the ensemble.

•     Tenor Flutes Flute in B ♭ ♭ tenor tuned in the key of B. It is also known as the 'flute d'amour' (The Flute of Love), because the tone is rich nan nan believed to call the emotion of love.

•     Concert Flute in C Flute nan most widely used among family modern flute, flute concert is not only famous for contributions to classical music, but also for aesthetic visible in jazz or good, just about anywhere you need them.

•    Soprano Flute in E ♭ piccolo but larger than 4 inches shorter than the concert flute, soprano was a combination of both. Because the field is slightly higher, flute easier for blowing into along with being easily create play.

•    Flute in G Treble The treble flute nan higher than the concert flute and seen sporadic use. They are only seen in the ensemble of flute or some jazz performances.

•    Piccolo in C nan It is the smallest of all the modern flute, nan is half the size of the concert flute and one octave higher overall.