Kendang

Kendang, also gendang, are barrel-shaped or zylinderische double membrane drums of wood, which are common in some parts of Indonesia.

In the different types of gamelan, the Kendang plays an important role as it sets the pace, marked the beginning and end of the piece, indicating transitions. The size and playing technique is different in the various regions. Today is a conical shape typical for Bali, an asymmetrically curved shape is used on Java, while in the music of Sumatra two standing and one lying drums are used. A smaller drum is called Java kolanter.

Basically, two types can be distinguished by Kendang: on the one hand with a mallet, on the other hand beaten cacedugan (also papanggulan; Bali about 72 cm long, 30 cm diameter) and both sides beaten by the hands only ( Kendang ) gupek that are slightly smaller ( approximately 70 cm long, 28 cm diameter).

Description and construction

The Kendang is a two sided drum -covered tube. On the three islands there are two versions of the drum, a male and a female. From the outside they look like similar, but the difference in the interior is very impressive. Depending on whether it is Lanang a Kendang Wadoń (female) or a Kendang (male ), they have a different shape on the inside and thus a different Tonresonanz.

The "feminine" expression of Kendang Wadoń is hourglass and thus has two distinct almost separate, connected only through a small hole resonance chambers. These vary in size and are strung with different-sized skins. The side with the greater coat ( malu ) is the sound of her male (song Lanang ), since he still has the smaller resonance chamber. The opposite side with the smaller fur ( dori ) is female (song Wadoń ). The "male" drum Lanang Kendang is inside ( peklit ) almost tubular.

The Kendang is made in Bali from the wood of the breadfruit tree Artocarpus integrifolia, which may have a height of up to 30 meters in diameter up to 150 centimeters. Today, this species has become relatively scarce, as the demand for hardwoods is increased on the Indonesian islands. After beating the wood is well seasoned and receives Ketewel the name. Then the heartwood of bark and sapwood is freed and beaten in the typical Bali conical shape with a cleaver called timpas. Then they will Pangot with, a crescent knife, scraped and thereby brought into the specific, male or female drum shape.

The skins ( wangkis ) derived from Balirind sampi betina are fixed at the two ends and then smoothed the exterior walls with planing. Then a Kendang is ready for her musical applications.

In Bali, the drums are traditionally kept hanging under the roof. Often, they are then taken to come about on ritual processions ( Gamelan beleganjur ) are used. To secure the drums with a hanger, two holes are drilled, is drawn through an iron wire ( juluk ).

Decisive are the sound of the instruments, if ( as in Bali and Java) present, the vocal rings ( sumpè ). By merely shifting the voltage of the coat can so the sound can be changed. However, there are no precise guidelines in the mood. Rather, the kendangs be voted for " good sound ".

In the music of the Kendang Lombok is one of the Javanese - Balinese musical instruments that are not played by the orthodox Muslims. Use instead of the Kendang Rebana the boiler drum.

A double skin drum similar Kendang which is suspended on a frame or mounted thereon, is bedug. It comes in Gamelan less common, it is used in popular music styles such as the Javanese Tanjidor. In the mosques bedug, the raya also gendang there ( " big drum " ) is called is used, similar to a slit drum announcing the prayer times. Your sacred meaning can be derived from the Muslim heritage of played to the sultan yards boiler drum negara or the altmalaiischen ritual tradition of bronze kettle drums.