20 Traditional Indonesian Musical Instruments and Their Origin

Indonesia is a country that has cultural diversity, one of which is a traditional musical instrument that has been recognized by many countries.

These traditional musical instruments have their own names and uniqueness in each region.

Understanding Traditional Musical Instruments

Traditional musical instruments are musical instruments that have been developed from generation to generation It is often used to accompany folk songs, such as the origin of the development of traditional musical instruments that.

List of Indonesian Traditional Musical Instruments

Examples of Famous Traditional Musical Instruments

1. Angklung

Angklung is a type of traditional musical instrument originating from West Java.

The angklung musical instrument is made of bamboo which is played by shaking it in every note.

Angklung has been able to impress the audience in the United States and also France.
Unesco has acknowledged that the angklung instrument is Indonesian heritage

2. Gamelan

Gamelan is a musical instrument originating from Central Java. Now gamelan is very popular with musicians from abroad.

Now gamelan has been taught and entered into the school curriculum in New Zealand and the United States.

3. Sasando

Sasando comes from East Nusa Tenggara which is precisely from the land of Rote, the musical instrument is made of palm leaves.

The shape of the sasando musical instrument is like a harp which is played by plucking with the fingers. In 2013 the sasando musical instrument was already famous and that year it was also featured at the Wonderful Indonesia event

4. Saluang

Saluang comes from Minangkabau, West Sumatra which has an aerophone type sound. Aerophone is a type of sound that comes from the wind.

How to use the saluang is to blow the hole in the saluang and cover the other holes with your fingers to set a tone to be played.

5. Kolintang

Kolintang is a small gong that is placed horizontally. The kolintang traditional musical instrument comes from South Sulawesi.

Kolintang is played to the accompaniment of drums and gongs. Kolintang has been played for a long time from Malay countries such as the Philippines and Malaysia.

6. drum

Kendang comes from the Land of Sunda, but there are also many who say that the drum also comes from East Java.

Often times we find drums often accompanying such as traditional arts, traditional dances, contemporary music and also jazz music.

Now many musicians in the United States have used drums as a musical accompaniment used by musicians there.

7. Bonang

Bonang is one of the traditional musical instruments that has been worldwide from Indonesia.

Bonang comes from the East Java area, and how to play it is very easy, namely by hitting it, which produces an ideophone sound.

Every big Javanese traditional event, the bonang is always there to accompany the event.

8. Gong

Gong is a traditional musical instrument originating from West Java. The way to play the gong is by hitting it with a special punch.

In terms of size, the gong is a fairly large musical instrument. By hitting the gong, it will produce a membranfon sound.

9. Tifa

Tifa is one of the traditional musical instruments originating from Papua which has a shape similar to a drum but is in the form of a tube, the way to play the tifa is by hitting it.

The tifa is usually decorated with carvings typical of Maluku and Papua. Tifa is now widely known by foreign countries because tourists visiting Papua and Maluku often buy tifa as souvenirs.

10. Gambus

Gambus is one type of traditional musical instrument originating from Riau which has a type of chordophone sound. A chordophone is a type of sound that comes from strings or strings.

Gambus usually has 3 to 12 strings. Gambus is usually played together with a drum instrument.

11. Aramba

Aramba is a type of traditional musical instrument originating from the island of Nias, North Sumatra which has a type of ideophone sound.

Ideophone is one type of music that comes from its basic material. How to play it is very easy, you just need to hit it with a special tool shaped like a stick.

12. Stamp

Serangko is a type of traditional musical instrument originating from the Jambi area, which is unique in that the instrument is made of buffalo horn.

The way to play this instrument is by blowing it. In Janmbi, stamps are usually used to inform other people if there is a disaster or disaster by the people of Jambi.

13. Sarune Kale

Sarune kale is a type of musical instrument originating from the Nabgroe Aceh Darussalam area which has a type of aerophone sound.

An aerophone is a type of sound that comes from blowing wind.

The way to use it is like a flute, namely by blowing and using your fingers to adjust each note to be played.

14. Doll

Doll is one type of traditional musical instrument originating from Bengkulu which has a type of membrafon sound. Membraphon is a type of sound that originates with a punch.

How to use this doll is very easy, namely by being hit with a special bat.

15. Accordion

Accordion is a traditional musical instrument originating from South Sumatra which has a type of aerophone sound.

How to use an aerophone is quite difficult, namely by blowing and using both hands to adjust each note that will be played.

16. urgent

Pating is one type of traditional musical instrument originating from South Kalimantan, more precisely the musical instrument is a traditional musical instrument from the Banjar tribe.

How to play it is quite easy, namely plucked like a guitar on the strings so that it produces a chordophone type of sound.

17. Malay drums

The Malay drum is one type of traditional musical instrument originating from the Bangka Belitung Islands, which is clearly already famous for its inherent Malay customs.

How to play it is quite easy, that is, just stay on the percussion to produce a blaring sound. Malay drums are also very often used to accompany Marawis music.

18. Jengglong

Jengglong is a type of traditional musical instrument originating from West Java. The jengglong at first glance is similar to a Gong musical instrument, but the Gong has a much larger size.

The way to play this instrument is by hitting it with a special instrument.

19. Kompang

Kompang is one type of traditional musical instrument originating from the Lampung area.

Kompang is made of dried goat skin and then put together with wood, the way to play it is by being hit or beaten.

20. gonggong

The last traditional musical instrument to be discussed is the Genggong, a musical instrument originating from South Sumatra.

How to play Genggong is by blowing like a harmonica. In ancient times the genggong was used to entertain farmers while resting.

That's variety traditional musical instruments originating from the area of ​​Indonesia which is already worldwide.

Therefore, we as Indonesian citizens should be proud of what we already have, such as these musical instruments which until now have been taught in schools abroad.