Pitutur: Children's Song by Ki Hadisukatno as an Alternative for Forming the Nation's Children's Character

Abstract

The nation's cultural assets in the form of children's songs must be preserved. This preservation effort aims to ensure the continuity of these songs and provide space for further development so that children's play songs can continue to develop well. Therefore, it is very important to revitalize or revive children's traditional songs that are adapted to current conditions, especially in education. One of the schools that uses children's songs in learning is Taman Siswa School. Ki Hadisukatno is one of Taman Siswa's civil servant figures who is also the creator of children's folk songs in the Javanese language. Since Taman Siswa was founded until now, Ki Hadisukatno's work has become the main reference in learning children's dolanan songs. Traditional children's songs contain various cultural values that are important for children's growth and development and learning. In this research, a more specific approach used is a descriptive method that examines various musical and cultural historical elements as part of the analysis. The historical cultural aspect is the analysis of song lyrics, including, among other things, the background of the characters creating and creating children's dolanan songs, including the educational context or educational values contained in the lyrics of children's dolanan songs. Ki Sukatno Hadisukatno's works are numerous, one of his works is the song Pitutur. The children's song Pitutur by Ki Hadisukatno has a melodic structure that suits the characteristics and nature of children. The lyrics or poetry represent character values, namely character. The characteristics and educational value of the children's song Dolanan Pitutur by Ki Hadisukatno are beautiful rhythmic movements, as well as awareness of pitch, linguistic/phonetic training, pronunciation of Javanese as a mother tongue, understanding of noble character and moral education implied in the meaning of each word.