Kepyak

{{Short description|Indonesian musical instrument used in Gamelan}} The '''Kepyak''' is a percussion instrument played by the dalang (puppeteer) of a wayang performance in Java, Indonesia. It is a struck idiophone consisting of several bronze or iron plates attached by strings (in Surakarta) or a single plate (in Yogyakarta), which the dalang plays with a small mallet held between the toes of his right foot. It is placed on the side of the '''keprak''', a wooden box which can also be played directly. The kepyak can also be played with a mallet (''cempala''), either in the hand in dance performance, or in the foot in wayang. The kepyak used in dance performances is smaller than that used in wayang. The use of the kepyak is called '''kepyakan'''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Putra |first=Ign Nuryanta |last2=Prasetya |first2=Hanggar B. |last3=Sunyata - |date=2014-12-15 |title=Keprakan dalam Pertunjukan Wayang Gaya Yogyakarta: Studi Kasus Pementasan Ki Hadi Sugito |url=https://journal.isi.ac.id/index.php/resital/article/view/853 |journal=Resital: Jurnal Seni Pertunjukan |language=en |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=190–201 |doi=10.24821/resital.v15i2.853 |issn=2338-6770|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Naviana Damayanti |first=Eliza |last2=Gischa |first2=Serafica |date=9 June 2024 |title=Fungsi Keprakan dan Dhodhogan pada Pergelaran Wayang Golek |url=https://www.kompas.com/skola/read/2024/06/09/120000169/fungsi-keprakan-dan-dhodhogan-pada-pergelaran-wayang-golek |access-date=13 November 2025 |website=Kompas.com}}</ref>

It is used to signal cues to the gamelan to begin or end pieces, or change tempo or pathet. It has a distinctive sound which can be heard quite clearly during performance.

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==External links== *[http://www.poppenspelmuseum.nl/nl/lemmas/kepyak.html Illustration of dalang playing kepyak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311001852/http://www.poppenspelmuseum.nl/nl/lemmas/kepyak.html |date=2007-03-11 }}

Category:Gamelan instruments Category:Struck idiophones Category:Indonesian musical instruments Category:Wayang