Kacapi - Traditional musical instruments of West Java

Kacapi is a traditional musical instrument of West Java. Kacapi is the main instrument in Sundanese song or mamaos Cianjuran.

Traditional musical instrument which is one of the icons of West Java is used in a way picked. According to its function in the accompanying music, kacapi can be divided into two, namely kacapi ovary (kacapi parent) and kacapi rincik (kacapi children).

Kacapi musical instruments can be found in nearly all areas in West Java. And to this day kacapi musical instrument still frequently used and preserved as one of the Sundanese cultural heritage.

Allegedly traditional musical instruments kacapi already existed before the 15th century, which used to accompany the ovary kacapi Sundanese poem.