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Lagu Sunda refers to Sundanese-language songs and vocal styles from West Java (Tatar Sunda), Indonesia. It spans a continuum from courtly and aristocratic vocal art (such as Tembang Sunda/Cianjuran) to modern popular Sundanese song (often called Pop Sunda), as well as repertoire associated with social dance traditions and degung ensembles. Musically, Lagu Sunda favors supple, ornamented melodies sung over pentatonic Sundanese tunings (saléndro) and heptatonic/degung-related modes (pélog/degung, sorog/madenda). Typical timbres include the shimmering kacapi (zithers), breathy bamboo suling flute, resonant rebab spike fiddle, and gong–kendang drum cycles. Lyrically, songs draw on pupuh poetic meters, pantun-style couplets, and themes of nature, longing, romance, moral reflection, and wistful nostalgia—all conveyed in the Sundanese language. In contemporary practice, Lagu Sunda coexists with dance-derived grooves (e.g., jaipongan roots), studio pop aesthetics, and hybrid bands that integrate kacapi-suling or degung colors with guitars, keyboards, and drum kits.