Application of Kolintang Traditional Music Instrument Using Motion Sensor Detection: Webcam

Kolintang or Indonesian's xylophones are a traditional musical instruments originating from Minahasa (Sulawesi-Utara) which belong to the group of pitched percussion instruments, as an idiophonic musical instrument the source of kolintang sound comes from its vibrating bar when hit. Unfortunately, nowadays this traditional musical instrument is quite difficult to obtain, with a large and heavy size, as well as requires extensive storage space and should not be damp. In addition, the lack of knowledge and interests of the younger generation. In the event of allowed to continue, will be forgotten by the younger generation, even though it is a cultural heritage that must be preserved. Our purpose in this research, to build an application for kolintang musical instruments using a webcam as a PC motion detection sensor, thus providing a new atmosphere in playing the kolintang musical instruments on portable computer. This application has been successfully built, where the actual results obtained are in accordance with the expected results, that is kolintang musical instruments can use motion detection sensors: webcam, and other interactive media such as keyboard, mouse, and webcam in portable computer. Besides that, this application also can be run on smartphones.