| dc.description.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. | en_US |
