Tuning and Notation
Kacapi uses degung notation. It is a subset of the pelog heptachordal system. See the following table.
| Sundanese pelog degung | Javanese pelog |
| 1 (da) | 6 |
| 2 (mi) | 5 |
| 3 (na) | 3 |
| 4 (ti) | 2 |
| 5 (la) | 1 |
The note range, from the lowest to the highest frequency is:
(Listen)
The kacapi is tuned to match the 60 cm length suling tones. With this length, an approximation for the tuning compared to western scale is:
The following picture applies the above-mentioned tuning and notation.
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