Traditional Musical Instruments West Java - Calung

if used in a way shaken angklung, a traditional musical instrument calung is sounded by striking. Biah bamboo arranged in rows is hit segment-ruasnya causing tone.

Calung instrument is a prototype of angklung. This instrument is made of a type of bamboo for making calungdimana most of Awi wulung (black bamboo), but some are made of Awi friends (white bamboo).

This instrument can be divided into 2 calung rantay and calung tote. Calung rantay blades dideretkan tube with leather strap hibiscus (lulub) from the largest to the smallest, the numbers 7 wilahan (7 segment bamboo) or lebih.Adapun calung shaped tote pitched row of bamboo held together with a small blade of bamboo (paniir).