Calung (a traditional music instrument from West Java)

It’s the D-day. Time for me to play calung in a team as a very welcome performance in the graduation ceremony of the fourth generation of my school alumni.

This is calung I played

In my previous post, I’ve written how interest I was, playing calung, one of traditional music instrument from Indonesia. I’ve thought before that playing music instrument is kind of interesting, but I’ve never imagined that playing it is so very extra interesting. I believe it deeper that music is the soul of life for me (at least). I like listening to music very much. It can be said that I can’t stand being without music and songs.

Everybody who saw me at that performance told me that they didn’t expect that I can play music instrument like I did. They don’t think that I can play any music instrument or maybe they don’t think that I have any sense of art, though! Haha... Okay, let me tell you my experience of these two weeks practicing and finally performing in the occasion. 

First practice, it was 13^th of June. At that time, I myself didn’t think that I could survive in the first practice. I felt it so hard hitting that bamboo instrument. My left hand was just very rigid and couldn’t do nothing but hitting it and produce bad sound! The trainers, still taught us patiently, but I feel guilty. In the end of the practice, I just sigh and thought that maybe I have no talent in playing calung. I went back to school with bad feeling.

The next day, the second practice went better. We have different trainers than the first practice. They taught us patiently and clearly, which is the most important and what we really needed. After the second practice, everything’s going just fine and fun. I like playing it and practice time was what I was waiting for everyday

Today, tadaaa! It’s my performance with my friends and all the trainers. Thank you very much for trainers from RC, who has taught us patiently, and most important, clearly. Also for the opportunity gave to me and support of my friends when we practice and, after all, play together. Hopefully we (I) can have another opportunity playing other traditional music instrument. 

As a conclusion, I want to say this. It always feels good to try new things and it feels even better, if you do something where your heart tells you to. I will dare myself to try new things, start from simple things, like playing calung.