Tutorial on How to Use Traditional Musical Instruments Rapai Aceh

Hello everyone..
This time I would like to introduce a traditional Acehnese musical instrument, namely "Rapai".

Rapai is a traditional Acehnese percussion instrument that is included in the drum frame family, which is played by being hit by hand without using a stick. Rapai is often used in traditional ceremonies in Aceh such as wedding ceremonies, apostolic circumcision, night market performances, accompanying dances, and also at customary and cultural commemoration moments.

According to a poetry script sung with rapai, this musical instrument came from Syeh Abdul Kadir Jailani, a great fiqh scholar from Persia who lived in Baghdad from 1077 to 1166 AD (470-560 Hijriah).

Rapai was brought by an Islamic broadcaster from Baghdad named Syeh Rapi (some call Syeh Rifai) and was played for the first time in the capital of the Kingdom of Aceh, Banda Khalifak (now Gampong Pandee, Banda Aceh) around the 11th century.

This traditional rapai music instrument is round and looks like a jar and has low walls. And it also has jingles on the walls that are thin like a straight plate and made of copper to make a distinctive sound when it rings.

The frame body of this traditional rapai musical instrument is made of old jackfruit, merbau or fig wood. The shape is like a pot or pan of various sizes, while the bottom part is empty, with a rim or wall called a paloh.

For this sized reach, the membrane or membrane is made of goat skin that has been processed or thinned and smoothed with bamboo. Meanwhile, for reaching the larger size, such as the pase reach, it is made from cowhide.

Rapai uses rattan around the edge of the spread to tighten the spread or the membrane of the reach, and this greatly affects the sound that is generated so that it resonates more. To produce a rattling and crisp sound, a metal plate on the side of the baloh is used as well as a jingle in a tambourine.

This Acehnese traditional musical instrument is played in a sitting position, the left hand holds the body rapai and the right hand hits the skin of the rapai. This Rapai has 3 basic tones, for those who are more skilled usually play it with 4 tones, namely adding a flower note between the 3 basic tones, with the collaboration of the flower tones, the resulting music will be more alive and unique.

If it is hit in the middle of the membrane it will produce a big hum or echo sound, but not sharp (low), and when it is hit on the edge it will get a sharp and loud sound or it can be likened to a drum game being hit with a stick on a rimshot.

To hear the notes released from this traditional musical instrument, you can see it directly in the video that I have shown as a sample.

In this video I don't sing songs using this traditional musical instrument, for now I'm just introducing first the musical instrument reach, and I'll sing it in the next video a song using this traditional musical instrument is special for all of you.

Don't forget to watch my singing in my next video.

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