Rihanna "Umbrella" - Angklung/Bamboo Version

Toy Angklung.
Live at Anugerah Era 2007 [ASTRO RIA].

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ABOUT ANGKLUNG :

Angklung is a musical instrument made out of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a resonant pitch when struck. The two tubes are tuned to octaves. The base of the frame is held with one hand while the other hand shakes the instrument rapidly from side to side. This causes a rapidly repeating note to sound. Thus each of three or more angklung performers in an ensemble will play just one note and together complete melodies are produced. Angklung is popular throughout Southeast Asia, but originated from Indonesia (used and played by the Sundanese since the ancient times).

The Angklung got more international attention when Daeng Soetigna, from Bandung, West Java, expanded the angklung notations not only to play traditional pélog or sléndro scales, but also diatonic scale in 1938. Since then, angklung is often played together with other western music instruments in an orchestra. One of the first well-known performances of angklung in an orchestra was during the Bandung Conference in 1955. A few years later, Udjo Ngalagena, a student of Daeng Soetigna, opened his "Saung Angklung" (House of Angklung) in 1966 as centre of its development.

In Bali, an ensemble of angklung is called gamelan angklung (anklung). The instruments are tuned to a 5-tone slendro scale, though actually most ensembles use a four-tone mode of the five-tone scale (an exception would be five-tone angklung from the north of Bali, as researched by Ruby Ornstein in the 1960s.) While the ensemble gets its name from the bamboo shakers, these days most compositions for Gamelan Angklung do not use them. An ensemble of mostly bronze metallophones is used instead.

In Hindu period and Padjajaran kingdom era, Sundanese people used the angklung to sign the time for prayer. Later, Padjajaran kingdom use this instrument as corps music in Bubat War (Perang Bubat).

Angklung functioned as building the peoples community spirit. It was still used by the Sundanese until the colonial era (Dutch East Indies, V.O.C). Because of the colonial times, the Dutch East Indies government tried to forbid people playing the angklung instrument.

Because it was forbidden to play angkung during this time, the popularity of the instrument decreased and it came to be played only by children in this era.
In the early 20th century, the angklung was adopted in Thailand, where it is called angkalung (อังกะลุง). The Thai angklung are typically tuned in the Thai tuning system of seven equidistant steps per octave, and each angklung has three bamboo tubes tuned in three separate octaves rather than two, as is typical in Indonesia.

Angklung had also been adopted by its Austronesian neighbours, inparticularly Malaysia and the Philippines, where they are rather played as part of bamboo xylophone orchestras. They are generally played using a pentatonic scale similar to the Indonesian slendro, although in the Philippines, sets also come in the diatric and minor scales used to perform various Spanish-influenced folk music.

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[Summer Scent]

i just want to say, i am malaysian but angklung does from indonesian. it is the truth, so malaysian, even though we played it better than indonesian itself, we must know that angklung is their traditional instrument.

[Andreas Kosasih]

I salute this GUY ! He is amazing , but don't forget people ,ANGKLUNG is from INDONESIA . From INDONESIA BIG GREETINGS TO MALAYSIA !

[ikanmas207]

Hahaha,,,

Angklung from indonesia.

100%

[Natasha Faizul]

wow...pandai nyer main...kalau lah sy dpt belajar caner nk main lgu nie...kt umah sy ada angklung...

[Mazz Jack]

I also hate your vagina after you know the malaysia

[hlxndrbrhm]

Good Job Toy from Malay, love the music. As an expert in Angklung instrument, there are lot more people who can play more complex anklung instrument, specially people from Mang Udjo Club, Bandung, Indonesia, you can check out from you tube

[fenomena94]

lol indonesian. dont mean to be rude, but this video is all about the great performance that had been performed by Toy not about how and where angklung originated from. if its from your country, then its a fact. no need to post "angklung is from indonesia" or "you steal our culture" that just show, how narrow minded you are

[mmeow643]

hi lisa whats wrong make u hate angklung ,..if u hate than dont watch.go away.n no need to comment here

[Fae Britt]

You mean like a tard? Totally agree

[lisa ann]

i hate angklung after i know it from indo..

((like a boss))