Gendang are usually used to accompany the guitar gambus, measles, or bedaek. Gendang are also used to accompany the procession the bride, the ceremony to welcome guests, and others. The presence of gendang in the history of Malay music has long existed with the development of Malay music.
Making way
In ancient times, while cutting down the forest / open Ume, people choose wood for making gendang. The wood used is usually a wooden jungle ylang. But in the present timber forest ylang is hard to find, so many people use wood or wood Cempedak other information that is strong and can output sound good.
As for making gendang, selected the tree with a large wooden circle, then cut + 30/35-45 cm. Wood is perforated with a chisel so thin, on the face where the skin attached, are made rather thin + thick thumb. On the back is made thick and given a thick circle + 1 ½ finger or two fingers. Useful to hold her voice to echo in the last round out the sound. So the sound echoes in the distance.
Gendang Types
Types of gendang include:
1. Ordinary Gendang
Some call it gendang or gendang Tiong measles. This gendang has Tawangan (Cylindrical tube) is long, varied between 20 40 cm. While the inside diameter adapted to the length tawangan. Tawangan straight form, namely the end of the same size as the base. Tawangan mounted at one end of the membrane from goat skin.
To get a bass sound usually people use cow leather and mounted on a larger tawangan. gendang membrane is not permanently installed, but tied with rattan such a way that can be tightened or relaxed as you wish. This gendang is used in a mixture of music, for example: Betiong, music measles, bekubang or bepesen by the number of gendang adapted to needs. Beaten with bare hands or using the paddle of rattan / wood.
2. Gendang Hadrah
This gendang has tawangan measuring between 15-30 cm. Membrane using a nailed goatskin permanently on tawangan. Tawangan circle around there are three holes to attach the bells of the metal. A set of gendang can be played if there is at least 3 pieces of the gendang with a different voice, is played by hitting the membrane using bare hands. Used at the bridal procession, a ceremony to welcome guests, and others.
Cross-section image gendang:
Making way
In ancient times, while cutting down the forest / open Ume, people choose wood for making gendang. The wood used is usually a wooden jungle ylang. But in the present timber forest ylang is hard to find, so many people use wood or wood Cempedak other information that is strong and can output sound good.
As for making gendang, selected the tree with a large wooden circle, then cut + 30/35-45 cm. Wood is perforated with a chisel so thin, on the face where the skin attached, are made rather thin + thick thumb. On the back is made thick and given a thick circle + 1 ½ finger or two fingers. Useful to hold her voice to echo in the last round out the sound. So the sound echoes in the distance.
Gendang Types
Types of gendang include:
1. Ordinary Gendang
Some call it gendang or gendang Tiong measles. This gendang has Tawangan (Cylindrical tube) is long, varied between 20 40 cm. While the inside diameter adapted to the length tawangan. Tawangan straight form, namely the end of the same size as the base. Tawangan mounted at one end of the membrane from goat skin.
To get a bass sound usually people use cow leather and mounted on a larger tawangan. gendang membrane is not permanently installed, but tied with rattan such a way that can be tightened or relaxed as you wish. This gendang is used in a mixture of music, for example: Betiong, music measles, bekubang or bepesen by the number of gendang adapted to needs. Beaten with bare hands or using the paddle of rattan / wood.
2. Gendang Hadrah
This gendang has tawangan measuring between 15-30 cm. Membrane using a nailed goatskin permanently on tawangan. Tawangan circle around there are three holes to attach the bells of the metal. A set of gendang can be played if there is at least 3 pieces of the gendang with a different voice, is played by hitting the membrane using bare hands. Used at the bridal procession, a ceremony to welcome guests, and others.
Cross-section image gendang:
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