Learning Tonal System Using Black and White Angklung

Abstract

Learn to teach angklung is not as simple as learn to play angklung. According to the participant of Angklung workshop for Elementary School teacher, understanding the relation between the numerical system for identification the angklung pitch, and numerical music notation system is difficult. This article is an action plan to help the elementary school teacher understand the tonal system using black and white angklung. Black and white angklung is a visual code to identify pitch as an analogy of piano.