page_title: Music of Indonesia
section_title: Kecapi suling
hierarchical_section_title: Music of Indonesia / Musical instruments / Kecapi suling
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das SambaSunda-Quintett aus Java, Indonesien, bei einem Auftritt im Domforum, Köln. Musiker: Ismet Ruchimat (Kacapi [Brettzither]), Dini Adrianti (vocal solo), Budi Sofyan (Kendang [Percussion]) English: The SambaSunda quintett from Java, Indonesia, performs in Cologne
context_page_description: The music of Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity, the local musical creativity, as well as subsequent foreign musical influences that shaped contemporary music scenes of Indonesia. Nearly thousands of Indonesian islands having its own cultural and artistic history and character. This results in hundreds of different forms of music, which often accompanies by dance and theatre.
  The musics of Java, Sumatra, Bali, Flores and other islands have been documented and recorded,
  and research by Indonesian and international scholars is ongoing. The music in Indonesia predates historical records, various Native Indonesian tribes often incorporate chants and songs accompanied with musics instruments in their rituals. Today the contemporary music of Indonesia is popular in the region, including neighbouring countries; Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
  Traditional regional musics and songs of Indonesia natively compromises of strong beat and harmony type musics with strong influence of Indian and Malay classical music. The influence is strongly visible in the traditional popular music genre of Dangdut.
context_section_description: Kecapi suling is a type of instrumental music that is highly improvisational and popular in parts of West Java that employs two instruments, kecapi (zither) and suling (bamboo flute). It is related to tembang sunda.
caption: SambaSunda music performance, featuring traditional Sundanese music instruments such as kecapi, suling, and kendang.
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