(Definition of Sasandu).
SASANDO or SASANDU
Sasando
is harp-like traditional music string instrument native of Rote island of East
Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The name ‘sasando’
derived from Rote dialect ‘sasandu’
means ‘vibrating’ or ‘sounded instrument’. It is believed that sasando already known to
Rote people since 7th century.
The
main part of sasando is a bamboo tube that served as the frame of the
instrument. Surrounded the tube is several wooden pieces served as wedges. The
wedges function is to hold the strings higher than the tube surface and also to
produce various lengths of strings to create different musical notations.
The
stringed bamboo tube is surrounded by a bag-like fan of dried lontar or palmyra leafs, functioned as
the resonator of the instrument. Sasando is played with both hands reaching
into the stings on bamboo tube through lontar
opening on the front, and the player’s fingers plucked the strings in the
fashion similar to playing harp of kecapi.
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