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Pola-pola Dasar Kacapi
Pamirig Kawih
Basic Kacapi Keyings for
Kawih Accompaniment
part A
By: Dian Tresna Nugraha
München, 23.08.2003
Introduction
 Kawih = Sundanese term for ‘song’
 Kacapi siter is used for our purpose. It has 20
strings. Farthest string (lowest frequency) is tuned
to 3 and nearest string (highest frequency) is
tuned to 4. (scroll to some more slides to see it’s
picture)
 Suling Sunda is 6 holed bamboo flute.
60 cm
 Pangkat is ‘the opening’ or start of kawih. It is
selected based on the goong key (number in
circle).
 Pancer is intermediate tone between two keys,
e.g. between goong key and kenong key.
 Panutup is ‘the ending’. (or ‘suwuk’ in Javanese)
Notation
 Note range, from lowest
frequency to highest
frequency is:
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 Degung notation is used.
1 (da), 2 (mi), 3(na), 4(ti), and
5(la)
It is a subset of pelog 7 tone
system (see table 1).
Sundanese
Degung
Javanese
Pelog
1 (da)
6
2 (mi)
5
3 (na)
3
4 (ti)
2
5 (la)
1
Tuning
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 Kacapi is tuned to match the suling tones.
 Suling tones are fixed to its length in 60 cm length.
 With this length, approximation for the tuning is
t r e w q  A# B c# f f#
5 (la)
5 g5
.
3
.
Gnn.
.
.
.
pancer
g5 _
4
1
3 4 5 1
32 1 5
kenong
pancer
pangkat
left pointer
left thumb
right pointer
right thumb
I
II
 Pangkat for key-5 is: 32 1 5 5 g5
 I and II are repeatable parts. The sample music plays pangkat
continued directly with I and then after slight silent, II is played.
 2-nd pancer is not yet unknown due to unknown kenong key.
4 (ti)
4 g4
.
3
.
G.
.
.
.
g4 _
4
1
3 4 5 1
31 2 4
pancer
pangkat
5 (la) positions
I
 Pangkat for key-4 is .31 2 4 4 g4
 Dashed circles are positions in key-5.
 Similar to key-5, I and II are repeatable parts.
II
3 (na)
.
2
.
G.
.
.
.
g3 _
4
1
3 4 5 1
.
pancer
I
5 (la) positions
 Due to rarely be used as goong key, the
key-3 might have no pangkat at all.
 Pancer for key 3 is 2.
II
2 (mi)
.
q
.
Gn.
.
.
.
gw _
4
1
3 4 5 1
54 3 w w w gw
pancer
pangkat
5 (la) positions
I
II
1 (da)
.
q
.
G.
.
.
.
gq _
4
1
3 4 5 1
53 4 q q q gq
pancer
pangkat
5 (la) positions
I
II
Pangkat variations for 5 (la)
5 5 5 g5
22 33 22 345 5 5 5 g5
4
1
3 4 5 1
22 33 22 3
Variant I
left pointer
left thumb
right pointer
right thumb
Variant II
Pangkat variations for 2 (mi)
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4
1
3 4 5 1
3 4 5 5 3 4 5 2 2 2 g2
Variant I
left pointer
left thumb
right pointer
right thumb
Variant II
Sekar Alit
 Sekar Alit is a small accompaniment set for typical
Sundanese songs (kawih).
 contains several key sequences, and played repeatedly.
 might have specific name, e.g. Catrik, Kulu-kulu, etc.
 There are two types, two keyed and four keyed.
 The two keyed:
Name
Keys
Kawih example(s)
Catrik
2 g5
Dareuda, Kalangkang
Kulu-kulu
5 g2
Angin Priangan, Satia
Lalayaran
3 g5
Sekar Alit (continued)
 In the case name is unknown (n.n. = no name), Sekar Alit is
mentioned by it’s keys, e.g. one singer might ask you,
“Please play 2 4 2 5!”
 The four keyed:
Name
Keys
Kawih example(s)
Cirebonan
4 5 1 g2
Jeruk manis
Balenderan
4 5 4 g2
n.n.
1 3 1 g4
Nimang
n.n.
2 4 2 g5
Cinta
n.n.
3 4 3 g1
Elekesekeng
Catrik : 2 g5
.
3
.
Gw
.
1
.
g5 _
4
1
3 4 5 1
32 1 5 5 5 g5
pangkat
5-I
2-II
2-I
5-II
 Catrik in ancient language means ‘to study’. Indeed, it’s the simplest form
and the most widely used pattern when one starts learning Degung.
 The goong key is 5, thus we use pangkat for 5 and ending for 5.
 Kenong key is filled with 2.
end of slide ;)