Cuk (instrument)

Cuk
The instrument being played as part of a keroncong group. The cuk is on the left and the cak is on the right.
String instrument
Classification String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
(Composite chordophone)
DevelopedJava (Indonesia)
Related instruments
Cak (instrument), Ukulele, Cavaquinho

The cuk is a stringed musical instrument from Java (Indonesia). It has three strings in three courses. It is tuned G4–B3–E4. The strings are made of thick nylon.

The body is usually hollowed out of a solid piece of wood. It is mainly used to play Keroncong music along with the cak.

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