![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, if you make it to Aceh in Sumatra's far north, the drums have shrunk down to nothing, and the Acehnese have nothing to hit but their own bodies. Continue farther north to the Karo highlands, and you'll find only a handful of tiny gendang karo, torpedo-shaped drums almost small enough to wrap your fingers around. Head north to the Batak lands of Lake Toba, the joke goes, and the drums have shrunk - the taganing drums used in gondang sabangunan ensembles there are significantly smaller, with only five tuned drums being used. Sound: Gordang sambilan (literally "Nine gordang")ĭrums, Mandailing people like to joke, are grandest in their neck of the woods - the nine massive drums used in their gordang sambilan ensembles are an impressive sight, with thick barrels constructed from whole tree trunks. Location: Ulu Pungkut, Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra The recording starts outside the performance space and slowly draws closer until it is in the thick of the action (for this reason, be careful with your volume settings - it becomes much louder as the track progresses.) Once inside the belly of the percussive beast, the aural perspective moves freely amidst the space, highlighting various instrumental elements for the listener. ![]() (Dari Jauh) begins with an experimental demonstration of the Mandailing belief that "music is perceived as being loveliest when it is heard from afar ( onak nidege siandao), when its conflicting parts meld into a unified whole." (Kartomi 2012). ![]()
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