Three Basic Layers

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Three Basic Layers

• Balungen Nuclear Melody the basic tune
  (played one pitch per beat) skeletal melody in
  textbook
• Colotomic Structure metrical structure of
  Balungen (marked at end by largest gong)
• Elaboration fastest moving upper parts,
  division of the Baungen into smaller units

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Gong ageng (largest suspended)
Ex YouTube - Central Javanese Gamelan Playing
Techniques - Gong Kempul
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Kenong (largest cradled gong)
Ex YouTube - Central Javanese Gamelan Playing
Techniques Kenong (start 145)
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Kempul (smaller suspended)
Ex YouTube - Central Javanese Gamelan Playing
Techniques - Gong Kempul
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Ketuk (small cradled gong)
Ex YouTube - Gamelan - Kempyang Ketuk
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Nuclear Melody(Sarons Slentem)
YouTube - Central Javanese Gamelan Playing
Techniques - Saron
Slentem
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Elaboration
Bonang
Gambang (wooden bars)Ex YouTube - Gamelan -
Gambang
Gender Barung (lower pitch)
Gender Panerus (higher pitch)
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TUNINGS SCALES

• SLENDRO (front) 5 notes (pentatonic)C D E G
  A(or use piano black keys)
• PELOG (side) 7 notes (sounds minor)E F G Bb
  B C D

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Colotomic Structure of BUBARAN

• 1 2 3 4
• 5 6 7 8
• 9 10 11 12
• 13 14 15 16

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Gong ageng marks Gongan

• 1 2 3 4
• 5 6 7 8
• 9 10 11 12
• 13 14 15 GONG

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kenong marks kenongan

• 1 2 3 Kenong
• 5 6 7 Kenong
• 9 10 11 Kenong
• 13 14 15 GONG Kenong

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Kempul divides Gatra

• 1 Kempul 3 Kenong
• 5 Kempul 7 Kenong
• 9 Kempul 11 Kenong
• 13 Kempul 15 GONG Kenong

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Ketuk punctuates odd beats

• Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong
• Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong
• Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong
• Ketuk Kempul Ketuk GONG Kenong

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BUBARAN (you perform)

• tuk (silent) tuk nong
• tuk pul tuk nong
• tuk pul tuk nong
• tuk pul tuk GONG nong