About Sundanese Angklung
An angklung is two or three bamboo tubes tuned in octaves, hanging loose in a lashed frame. Shake it and it sounds one pitch — only one, forever. A melody therefore needs a room full of people, each holding a single note and entering on cue.
This system takes that constraint literally. Tube lengths step down across a rack, so a scale reads as a bar chart in bamboo. The ground is cured awi wulung, dark and matte. Every surface is a part of an assembly, never a finished solo object.
- Origin
- West Java, Indonesia — Sundanese highlands, Bandung, Baduy villages
- Era
- centuries of Sundanese practice before 1900; Daeng Soetigna's diatonic reform 1938; UNESCO inscription 2010
- Key figures
- Daeng Soetigna · Udjo Ngalagena
- Movements
- Sundanese karawitan · angklung buncis · UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Sundanese Angklung design spec
Colors
Typography
The other 11 sections — buttons, cards, spacing, motion, techniques and more — open once you unlock. Download the DESIGN.md or send it to your AI in one click. Unlock once, yours forever.
Sign up nowStyles similar to Sundanese Angklung
Also inspired by crafts & folk art, with a close feel.