kecapi

Kacapi a Sundanese musical instrument that is played as the main instrument in the Sunda or Mamaos Tembang Cianjuran and kacapi flute.

Kacapi said in Sundanese also refers to the plant Sentul, who believed the wood used to make musical instruments kacapi.

Kacapi Parahu is a resonance box of the bottom hole resonance given to allow the sound out. The sides of this kacapi formed in such a way that resembles a boat. In the past, this kacapi made directly from a carved wooden blocks.

Siter is Kacapi resonance box with a parallel flat field. Kacapi Parahu Similarly, the hole is placed at the bottom. Side of the top and bottom form a trapezoid.

For both types of these kacapi, each of the strings attached to a small screw on the right side of the box. They can be tuned in a variety of systems: pelog, sorog / madenda, or Salendro.

Currently, kacapi resonance box made by gluing the side-sis six wooden areas.