Pola-pola Dasar Kacapi Pamirig Kawih Basic Kacapi Keyings for Kawih Accompaniment part A By: Dian Tresna Nugraha München,

Introduction Kawih = Sundanese term for ‘song’ Kacapi siter is used for our purpose. It has 20 strings.  farthest- and longest string (lowest frequency) is tuned to 3  nearest- and shortest string (highest frequency) is tuned to 4. (see 'Tuning')see 'Tuning' Suling Sunda is a 60 cm and 6 holed bamboo flute. Pangkat is ‘the opening’ or start of kawih. It is selected based on the goong key (number in circle). Panutup is ‘the ending’. (or ‘suwuk’ in Javanese) Pancer is intermediate tone between two keys, e.g. between goong key and kenong key. 60 cm

Notation Degung notation is used.  1 (da), 2 (mi), 3(na), 4(ti), and 5(la)  It is a subset of pelog 7 tone system (see table 1). Note range, from lowest frequency to highest frequency is:  trewq (la) 24 (ti) 33 (na) 52 (mi) 61 (da) Javanese Pelog Sundanese Degung

Tuning Kacapi is tuned to match the 60 cm length suling tones. With this length, approximation for the tuning compared to western scale is: t r e w q  A# B c# f f# 3

5 (la) left pointer left thumb g5. 3. Gnn.... g5 _ right pointer right thumb pangkat I II Pangkat for key-5 is: g5 I and II are repeatable parts. The sample music plays pangkat continued directly with I and then after slight silent, II is played. 2-nd pancer is not yet unknown due to unknown kenong key. kenong pancer

4 (ti) g4. 3. G.... g4 _ pangkat 5 (la) positions Pangkat for key-4 is g4 Dashed circles are positions in key-5. Similar to key-5, I and II are repeatable parts. I II pancer

3 (na).. 2. G.... g3 _ I II Due to rarely be used as goong key, the key-3 might have no pangkat at all. Pancer for key 3 is 2. 5 (la) positions pancer

2 (mi) 54 3 w w w gw. q. Gn.... gw _ pangkat I II 5 (la) positions pancer

1 (da) 53 4 q q q gq. q. G.... gq _ pangkat I II 5 (la) positions pancer

Sekar Alit Sekar Alit is a small accompaniment set for typical Sundanese songs (kawih).  contains several key sequences, and played repeatedly.  might have specific name, e.g. Catrik, Kulu-kulu, etc. There are two types: two keyed and four keyed. The two keyed: 3 g5 5 g2 2 g5 Keys Lalayaran Angin Priangan, SatiaKulu-kulu Dareuda, KalangkangCatrik Kawih example(s)Name

Sekar Alit (continued) Nimang1 3 1 g4n.n. Jeruk manis4 5 1 g2Cirebonan n.n. Balenderan Name Elekesekeng3 4 3 g1 Cinta2 4 2 g g2 Kawih example(s)Keys In the case name is unknown (n.n. = no name), Sekar Alit is mentioned by it’s keys, e.g. one singer might ask you, “Please play g5 !” The four keyed:

Catrik : 2 g g5. 3. Gw. 1. g5 _ pangkat 5-I 5-II Catrik is the simplest form and the most widely used pattern when one starts learning degung. Goong key is 5, thus we use pangkat for 5 and ending for 5 too. Kenong key is 2. 5-I and 5-II are part I and II of key 5. See slide '5 (la)'.See slide '5 (la)' 2-I and 2-II are part I and II of key 2. See slide '2(mi)'.See slide '2(mi)' 2-I 2-II

Pangkat variations for 5 (la) left pointer left thumb g right pointer right thumb Variant I g5 Variant II

Pangkat variations for 2 (mi) left pointer left thumb right pointer right thumb g2 Variant I 21$% % 1 $ # % g2 Variant II

end of slide ;)