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Name: ANGKLUNG
Classification: idiophone
Origin: Indonesia


    Photo credits: Julie Tan

    The angklung consists of 2 or 3 bamboo tubes of specific pitch set in a bamboo frame. It is used in sets to play music for entertainment. It is also used to accompany the kuda kepang dance found in the Malaysian state of Johor. (Matusky, 1985).


    Angklung Tube
    Photo credits: Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism of Malaysia

    Malaysian schools also often have angklung orchestras in which each child plays an angklung of a different size, in a manner similar to a handbell choir. (Nik Mustapha, 1998)

    Audio Examples

Audio Example
An example of how the angklung sounds

(Courtesy of Ang Yaw Feng)