Traditional music

TOOLS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC

more musical instruments in Sabah made ​​from natural materials. For example, tongkungon, turali, flute (or flute), and togunggak Sompoton made ​​of bamboo.
Other tools such as the harp, drums and drums made ​​of goat skin. Gong and xylophone made ​​of soft wood and resembles a long three-stringed guitar made ​​from giman, a type of palm tree fibers. Musical instruments in Sabah, classified into;

• .Kordofon - (tongkungon, harp, sundatang or gagayan)
• .Erofon - (flute, turali or tuahi, bungkau and Sompoton)
• .Idofon - (togunggak, gong, xylophone) and membranofon (drums, drums or tontog).

musical instruments:

GONG

Gong is the backbone of most music gaming arena and it is used in almost every social occasion.Number of gong played with vary
according to the needs of the local community. One or two
drums are also often hammered together to standardize the melody.
Gong can be found throughout the state and has a high value. It is
 also used as a dowry gift, animistic beliefs rituals, gestures and
harvest festivals festive Since lately the Rungus in Kudat have
 made ​​gongs formed from galvanized iron purchased here.
More popular Gong has thick walls, deep lip and a large knob,
 ordered from the Philippines, Indonesia or Berunei




Bungkau
 

Mouth harp made ​​from a type of palm tree bark known as Kadazandusun kaun polod by quarter. To carve a shape, it requires delicate and skillful hands. These tools are typically found in areas Dusun tribes.

Thin sheets of wood in the middle of this device vibrated to hit with your thumb. Blocks vibration produces little noise but by putting the player in front of the mouth can enlarge the sound through the salon (reverse sound).
Frequency of all kinds can be produced by varying the position of the mouth and tongue. When not in use, these tools are often stored in a small bamboo tube so that it is not damaged and is always clean.

BUNGKAU

Sompoton (Erofon)

SOMPOTON

Mouth organ is a very interesting tool of musical instruments in Sabah. It is constructed from a dried gourd with eight bamboo pipes arranged in two layers.
One of the pipes has no sound and merely balances the bundle. By blowing or sucking mouth pumpkin, the player can produce a harmonious sound.

Polod several small pieces (like in bungkau) placed on the bottom edge of each sounding pipe. The pipe is inserted into the hole in the side of the pumpkin and then plastered with beeswax.
Polod small pieces placed in the pumpkin and add salon completed instrument.
The pipes are tied together by thin strands of rattan. Sompoton effect during play, the player covers and set up three of the four shortest pipes ends with three fingers right hand and three small holes at the base of the shortest pipe and the front and rear of a longer pipe with a left hand finger.
Sompoton can be played by individuals for personal entertainment or in groups to accompany dancing. It was popular among the Kadazandusun tribes.

TOGUNGGAK (idiofon)

Known as tagunggak among the Murut, Togunggak among the Dusun tribe / Kadazan or 'Togunggu' in Penampang., Bamboo idiofon this scourge played in groups to accompany dancing or processions at festivals.

A set of musical instruments includes six (togunggu ') to thirty (tagunggak) fruit, depending on the tribe. Music released a set of gongs resemble a group, with each gong idiofon adjusted according to actual sounds are played.

TOGUNGGAK

 

Xylophone (Idiofon)

 

 Xylophone (Idiofon)

This was first introduced in the west Sabah by the Brunei but it is also traditionally used by the Bajau and some Dusun / Kadazan.
Often, it is played in ceremonies and celebrations such as weddings and religious ceremonies, where it is accompanied by traditional drums.
The instrument consists of eight or 9 of gongs small kettle. Each of producing sounds different when hit.
Kettle gongs are arranged horizontally in a row on a low wooden frame. Usually the player sitting on the floor facing a row of gongs while beating her with two small wooden beater.