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The sasando, also ''sesando'' or ''sasandu'', is a harp-like traditional music string instrument native to Rote Island of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The name ''sasando'' is derived from the Rote dialect word ”sasandu”, which means "vibrating" or "sounded instrument". It is believed that the ''sasando'' had already been known to the Rote people since the 7th century. The main part of the ''sasando'' is a bamboo tube that serves as the frame of the instrument. Surrounding the tube are several wooden pieces serving as wedges where the strings are stretched from the top to the bottom. The function of the wedges is to hold the strings higher than the tube surface as well as to produce various length of strings to create different musical notations. The stringed bamboo tube is surrounded by a bag-like fan of dried ''lontar'' or palmyra leaves (''Borassus flabellifer''), which functions as the resonator of the instrument.〔(Nusacendanabiz - Alat musik Sasando )〕 The ''sasando'' is played with both hands reaching into the stings of the bamboo tube through opening on the front. The player's fingers then pluck the strings in a fashion similar to playing a harp or kacapi. The ''sasando'' has 28 or 56 strings. The sasando with 28 strings is called ''sasando engkel'' and sometimes has 56 strings, called double strings. == Legend == According to local tradition, the origin of the ''sasando'' is linked to the folktale of the Rote people about Sangguana.〔(Sasando, When Melody-Bass-Rhythm Collide in Harmony )〕 The story goes that there once was a boy named Sangguana who lived on Rote Island. One day, as he tended to savannah, he felt tired and fell asleep under a palmyra tree. Sangguana dreamt that he played beautiful music with a unique instrument whose sound and the melody was so enchanting. When he woke up, surprisingly, Sangguana could still remember the tones he played in the dream. Wanting to hear it one more time, he tried to fall asleep again. Again he dreamt of the same song and the same instrument. Sangguana was enjoying his dream, but eventually he had to wake up. Not wanting to lose the beautiful sounds from his dream, Sangguana tried to recreate the sounds and quickly created a musical instrument from palmyra leaves with the strings in the middle, based on his memory from the dream, which became the basis of the ''sasando''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「sasando」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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