Jurnal Ekspresi Seni Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Karya Seni Available online at:https://journal.isi-padangpanjang.ac.id/index.php/Ekspresi How to Play and Tune Sasando in Edon Style Maria Klara Amarilis Citra Sinta Dewi Tukan1, Flora Ceunfin2, Melkior Kian3 1Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira. E-mail:
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[email protected] ARTICLE INFORMATION ABSTRACT Sasando is one of the cultural artifacts of the Rote Tribe that was born from ideas, good values, and Submitted: 2020-05-05 local wisdom of the Rote people. This research is a Review: 2020-05-07 qualitative case study type research aimed at Accepted: 2020-05-07 gaining an understanding of sasando plays in Edon Published: 2020-07-08 Studio and its tuning techniques. Edon Studio KEYWORDS chose because the Edon technique has the characteristic of only using 7 fingers to play "Sasando; Edon Style; Playing Techniques; Tuning Techniques." sasando and being able to tune sasando with two scales simultaneously. The results showed that at AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE Edon Studio, sasando was played using 7 fingers consisting of 4 fingers of the left hand and 3 Phone: - fingers of the right hand. On the left hand, the thumb and index finger enter in playing the E-mail:
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