Editing Kacapi (section)

{{Short description|Indonesian traditional musical instrument}}
{{About|the Sundanese zither|the Philippine lute|Kutiyapi}}
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The '''kacapi''' is a traditional [[zither]] of [[Sundanese people]] in [[Indonesia]]. This musical instrument is similar to Chinese {{lang|zh-Latn|[[guzheng]]}}, Japanese ''[[Koto (instrument)|koto]]'', the Mongolian {{lang|mn-Latn|[[yatga]]}}, the Korean {{lang|ko-Latn|[[gayageum]]}}, the Vietnamese {{lang|vi|[[đàn tranh]]}} and the Kazakh [[jetigen]]. The kacapi played as the main accompanying instrument in the [[Tembang Sunda]] or Mamaos Cianjuran, [[kacapi suling]] ([[tembang Sunda]] without vocal accompaniment) genre (called ''kecapi seruling'' in [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]), [[Pantun Sunda|pantun]] stories recitation or an additional instrument in [[Gamelan Degung]] performance.

The word ''kacapi'' in Sundanese also refers to [[Santol (fruit)|santol]] tree, from which initially the wood is believed to be used for building the zither instrument.