Traditional Instrument - Suling

Sulings are made mainly of "tamiang" bamboo. The mouthpiece of the suling is circled with a thin band made of rattan near a small hole. Bamboo has been used to create a variety of instruments including flutes, mouth organs, saxophones, trumpets, drums, xylophones.  Bamboo's natural hollow form makes it an obvious choice for many musical instruments. There 2 special effects Slur and puruluk. A slur is dynamically changing notes from one tone position to another position without stopping the airflow. 

Suling or Seruling is a Southeast Asian bamboo ring flute especially in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. It is used in gamelan ensembles. Depending on the regional genre, suling can be tuned into different scales. The suling is a simple bamboo flute. A notch is cut into the side of the top end, and this top-end is surrounded by a rattan of bamboo ring, leaving a small slit where the player will put his mouth on.  Suling is the simplest and cheapest instrument in the gamelan.