The area of West Sumatra is the origin of this traditional music instrument, and it is classified as the type of aerophone musical instrument, which we need to blow to play it. Saluang is made from a certain piece of bamboo, just like a Seruling, an Indonesian flute. The uniqueness of Saluang compared to other aerophone instruments lies in how to blow it. We don’t blow the hole on the side of the instrument, but in the cavity at the tip of the bamboo without any additional tools.

The Saluang only relies on air reflections which are directly reflected onto the left or right bamboo’s wall, depending on how we blow this instrument. The Saluang in Museum Musik Indonesia has four-pitch holes and the resulting sound is a low Malay pentatonic tone. If you are curious about this musical instrument, you can come to the Museum Musik Indonesia. Here you can try and play various musical instruments, including this Saluang.