Bandung Art & Culture

ANGKLUNG (Made of Bamboos)
In its stage, Angklung needs many personal. The instrument made from bamboo where its use by shaken down. That way the instruments will release unique sounds.

The shape of angklung consists of two bamboo sticks on many shapes, which are balanced, with the need of frequencies of tone. Its shape is shaping look like Calung instrument. To get angklung tone is not by beat but by shaken it so that the touch of every element of Angklung body can produce a tone.

Nowadays Angklung develop as Angklung in duotone that is developed by Daeng Soetigna. Because of it, Daeng Soetigna are well known in Karawitan Sunda as ‘Bapak Angklung Diatonis Kromatis’, who are an artist pioneering the changes of Angklung tone in Pentatonic (da-mi-na-ti-la-da in Salendro Key) such as growth in Banten (Pandeglang and Serang). In Banten, this new Angklung art is well known as Angklung Gubrag, Angklung Sered, or Angklung Buncis.

In the last decade this Angklung art (duotone) become more popular and have a nice image in society especially at the middle to upper. In practice, this art is performing an orchestra (between 30 to 60 people) that is usually watch by government officer or in order to welcome guesses from inside or outside country.


DEGUNG AND KECAPIAN
Art Degung is one art sunda karawitan which used instrument gamelan harmony degung (more general harmony pelog ).
At first appearance, art degung, have songs ageung like Lambang, Pajajaran, beer layer, Bima mobos, Kodehel, Jipang prawa, Jipang karaton, Mayaselas, and others,

Degung kacapian performance
On developing, happen creation artist past contact, from creation composition based on positions, which basic able in song composition like catrik, kulu – kulu, sinyur, banjaran, bungur, belenderan, lalayaran, and others.
From mentioned, so appear songs degung wanda anyar like song kayaking ( catrik ), nimang ( singur ), Asa tos tepang ( catrik ), anjeun ( mandiri ).Still artist creation, gamelan degung known add kecapi siter and can escort songs intonation sorog like potret manehna ,dua saati, kapaut imut, kacipta kapiati, bentang kuring.

Which aim art kacapian is Kawih art which used music instrument kecapi siter, Suling, Kendang, and Goong. Some times need to used Waditra Rebab.Altough this art more potencial even must have been escorted only with one instrument just kecapi siter.
Kecapian reach the top on Koko Koswara period or more than popular as Imut Melati Reumis Beureum Dina Eurih, Kembang Tanjung Panineungan, Dilangit Bandung Bulan keur Mayung, Angkrek Japati, Kembang Impian and others.

At developing this Wanda Kacapian experience develop that rapid enough trough artist creation like Nano.S., Ubun Kubarsyah, Yus wira direju, Iik Setiawan, Wahyu Roche, and others. So appear new songs created Nano.S. As Citarum Sariring Puspa, Bingbang, Tibelat, Praspris, Pengkolan, or song created Ubun and Yus as: Dalingding Asih, Duh ieung, Saha Eta, Bongan saha, yeuh bade ka mana, cimata kuring, Jempling peuting, and others,

Degung, and Kacapian Until now popular on society. Beside past shows and Passanggiri activity, the third art enough popular have been show in wedding reception. Under this is sphere art data between have second art material on top.