Created by 20th century rice farmers, the Rindik is part of the Balinese Gamelan Orchestra. This 12-keyed bamboo xylophone, tuned to a fairly even-tempered scale, conjures up images of breezy rice fields and sunny days. Last week, I tried playing this instrument with my husband when we visited the Setia Darma House of Masks and […]
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Playing the Anklung with Gipar in Yogya
Gipar drove us in his motorized becak (motorized rickshaw) through the streets of Yogyakarta and we arrived early at the local Tabubu Ethnic Music Shop that we wanted to visit. A couple of Angklung were hanging outside the entrance to the store, and while we waited for the store to open Gipar taught me how […]