Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
The musical instruments in the folk music of Sabah and Sarawak are made up of
knobbed gongs (gong chimes), lutes, xylophones, wind instruments (flute), jews
harp.
Folk music also comprise of songs, instrumental pieces, and dance
Types of Ensemble
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F.
Gong-Chime Ensemble
Large Gong Ensemble
Idiophone Ensemble
Chordophone Ensemble
Solo/ musical instruments
Singing / Vocal
1.2
Musical instruments
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Engkerumong
Dumbak (drums) or ketebong
Bandai / Selegai
Tetawak
Music
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Canang (gan)
Small sized gong, narrow rim, one knob, one wooden beater
Katoa
Katoa
Music Sample 2
Large Gong Ensemble by the Kajang-Sekapan group
C.
Idiophone Ensemble
Earliest tools in Sarawak; associated with work activities; planting rice, repelling
rodents / insects in the long house, healing the sick or parade for guests
Example of an ensemble:
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Polyphonic: multi-layered
Rhythm: interlocking
Resultant Rhythm pattern
Example of ensemble
Ensemble Jatung Utang and Sapeh
* Jatung Utang (tuned wooden xylophone, a pair of wooden beaters)
Sapeh 1 & Jatung Utang (melody)
Sapeh 2 - drone / ostinato
Meter duple
Scale anhemitomic, pentatonic
Tun-ton
Made from bamboo. The strings are made from 34 bamboo slits (idiochordic)
F. Vocal Singing
i. Pantun (Sabah and Sarawak) (pg 295)
ii. Wa (Kajang, Sarawak) (m / s 300)
Greeting guests, funeral, travelling and healing, building a new home, hunting
animals and rituals associated with rice cultivation.
Performed during weddings, childbirth and lulling child to sleep or receive a
regular member.