Acoustic Sasando 24 Strings (Non Electric) Beginner

Description

The
sasando
, also
sesando
or
sasandu
,
[1]
is a
harp
-like traditional music
string instrument
native to
Rote Island
of
East Nusa Tenggara
,
Indonesia
.
The name
sasando
is derived from the Rote dialect word ”sasandu”, which means "vibrating" or "sounded instrument". It is believed that the
sasando
had already been known to the Rote people since the 7th century.
[
citation needed
]
The main part of the
sasando
is a
bamboo
tube that serves as the frame of the instrument. Surrounding the tube are several wooden pieces serving as wedges where the strings are stretched from the top to the bottom. The function of the wedges is to hold the strings higher than the tube surface as well as to produce various length of strings to create different musical notations. The stringed bamboo tube is surrounded by a bag-like fan of dried
lontar
or palmyra leaves (
Borassus flabellifer
), which functions as the resonator of the instrument.
[2]
The
sasando
is played with both hands reaching into the stings of the bamboo tube through opening on the front. The player's fingers then pluck the strings in a fashion similar to playing a harp or
kacapi
.
According to local tradition, the origin of the
sasando
is linked to the
folktale
of the Rote people about Sangguana.
[3]
The story goes that there once was a boy named Sangguana who lived on Rote Island. One day, as he tended to savannah, he felt tired and fell asleep under a palmyra tree. Sangguana dreamt that he played beautiful music with a unique instrument whose sound and the melody was so enchanting. When he woke up, surprisingly, Sangguana could still remember the tones he played in the dream. Wanting to hear it one more time, he tried to fall asleep again. Again he dreamt of the same song and the same instrument. Sangguana was enjoying his dream, but eventually he had to wake up. Not wanting to lose the beautiful sounds from his dream, Sangguana tried to recreate the sounds and quickly created a musical instrument from palmyra leaves with the strings in the middle, based on his memory from the dream, which became the basis of the
sasando
.
Specification
Acoustic Sasando 24 Strings (Non Electric)
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1. Acoustic Sasando 24 Strings (Non Electric)
1. Free Book Sasando for Beginner
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