Studi Organologi Keteng-Keteng Dalu dan Beru-Beru Buatan Bapak Pauzi Ginting

Abstract

Keteng-keteng is a traditional musical instrument of the Karo tribe which is a percussion instrument made from large pieces of bamboo/Buluh Belin, also known as Bambu Betung with the Latin name Dendrocalamus asper. This musical instrument is classified as an idiocordophone because the sound source of this musical instrument comes from the body itself (idiophone) and has strings as a source of sound vibrations where the bamboo skin is pried from the bamboo body itself. There are two types of keteng-keteng karo, namely keteng-keteng beru and keteng-keteng dalu. Keteng-keteng is usually used in the gendang telu sendalanen ensemble with the components of the keteng-keteng musical instruments and the mbentar bowl which carries the rhythm, the kulcapi as the melody carrier. This research aims to describe the manufacture and organizational structure of keteng-keteng dalu and beru-beru, the location of the differences between keteng-keteng dalu and beru-beru and describe the form of the rhythmic pattern of keteng-keteng. The research method used is qualitative by applying interviews. In this research, the theory put forward by Susumu Khasima which discusses musical instruments, namely structural and functional theory, is used. Structural by discussing physical aspects, musical instruments, observing, measuring, recording, and describing the shape of the instrument, the use of the sound produced, (in relation to musical composition) and the strength of the sound. The results obtained from this research are, description of the structure, description of the manufacture, the location of the differences between ketengketeng dalu and beru-beru, and the form of keteng-keteng rhythm patterns in Karo cultural music.