Pemanfaatan Batok Kelapa Sebagai Media Pembuatan Bio-Instrumen Musik

Abstract

<p>Bio-musical instruments can be defined as musical instruments made from plant wastes in the surrounding <br />environment. One of the plant waste that is easily found in the community is coconut shell. Coconut shells are <br />often overlooked for their use as a creative medium, especially in the field of music. Musical instruments are the <br />main media for creativity in the art of music. The rise of musical instruments or musical instruments with high <br />prices has become one of the inhibiting factors for young people to be creative in the field of music. Seeing this <br />phenomenon, it is deemed necessary to develop people's creativity in making their own musical instruments at <br />economical prices but still able to compete with manufactured musical instruments. In making this bio-<br />instrument, the method used consists of problem identification, preparation, application, and evaluation. <br />Through this method, the results obtained in the use of coconut shell waste into creative media are the Kalimba <br />instrument played by plucking the iron keys as the source of the tone, while the coconut shell is used as the main <br />medium for the sound resonance of the Kalimba instrument. Kalimba is classified into a type of lamellophone <br />instrument, which is a musical instrument that has a tongue or a thin plate. In addition to the easy-to-use <br />manufacturing process, the tools and materials in making these instruments are also easy to find and can even <br />take advantage of used materials. The results of making bio-musical instruments are expected to become a <br />reference and reference for academics and non-academics, regarding how to make musical bio-instruments <br />using coconut shell waste. <br /> <br />Keywords : Bio-Music Intrument, Coconut Shells, Kalimba</p>