Sompoton
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An example of Murut Sompoton, exhibited in Wisma Warisan Sandakan, 1st floor, in the former British North Borneo Museum. | |
| Classification | Mouth organ |
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| Developed | Northern Borneo: Sabah, Malaysia |
Sompoton or Sumpotan, is a mouth organ made from gourd with bamboo pipes in the northern Borneo.[1] It originated from the state of Sabah and is played by both male and female indigenous people in the state especially by the Kadazan-Dusun and Murut.[2][3][4]
Description
Sompoton consists of eight pieces of bamboo pipe inserted into a dried gourd, which serves as a wind chamber. Traditionally, the individual pipes have their own names, such as lombohon, monongkol, suruk, baranat, randawi, tuntuduk and tinangga.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ D. Ohrnberger (29 January 1999). The Bamboos of the World: Annotated Nomenclature and Literature of the Species and the Higher and Lower Taxa. Elsevier. pp. 304–. ISBN 978-0-08-054238-6.
- ↑ Sabah: history and society. Malaysian Historical Society. 1981.
- ↑ "Sompoton". New Sabah Times. p. 14. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ↑ Elaine Lee (2006). Ethnic musical instruments of Malaysia. Win Publication.
- ↑ Ong Chen Wei and Jedol Dayou (25 September 2009). "Frequency Characteristics of Sound from Sompoton Musical Instrument" (PDF). School of Science and Technology. Universiti Malaysia Sabah. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
External links
- The Making of the Sompoton @Sabah.edu.my (in Dusun with English translation)
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