page_title: Kacapi
section_title: Functions
hierarchical_section_title: Kacapi / Functions
caption_attribution_description: English: Kacapi indung and kacapi rincik covered with red silk cloth
context_page_description: The kacapi is a zither-like Sundanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese guzheng, and similar to the Japanese koto, the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum, the Vietnamese đàn tranh and the Kazakh jetigen. The kacapi played as the main accompanying instrument in the Tembang Sunda or Mamaos Cianjuran, kacapi suling genre, pantun stories recitation or an additional instrument in Gamelan Degung performance.
  The word kacapi in Sundanese also refers to santol tree, from which initially the wood is believed to be used for building the zither instrument.
context_section_description: According to its functions in a musical accompaniment, the kacapi is played as:
  Kacapi Indung (=mother kacapi); and
  Kacapi Anak (=child kacapi) or Kacapi Rincik
  The Kacapi indung leads the accompaniment by providing intros, bridges, and interludes, as well as determining the tempo. For this purpose, a large kacapi with 18 or 20 strings is used. 
  Listen to an excerpt from a kacapi indung. 
  The Kacapi rincik enriches the accompaniment by filling in inter-note spaces with higher frequencies, especially in fixed metered songs as in the kacapi suling or Sekar Panambih. For this purpose, a smaller kacapi with ~15 strings is used.
  Listen to an excerpt from a kacapi indung and rincik. 
caption: Kacapi indung and kacapi rincik
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