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  2. Gamelan - Wikipedia

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    Javanese gamelan is a gamelan that originates and develops in the Central Java and East Java, including the Special Region of Yogyakarta. In the Javanese palaces, the gamelan is divided into two, namely the gamelan pakurmatan and gamelan ageng. Gamelan pakurmatan is used for certain events or rituals in the royal environment.

  3. List of gamelan ensembles in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Arizona State University Gamelan Javanese slendro/pelog, bronze: Traditional Central Javanese Arizona State University School of Music ensemble. [2] [3] Tucson: Fine Stream Gamelan Javanese, Sundanese degung, Balinese gong kebyar—Iron/brass Banyumas calung - bamboo Traditional, some American compositions.

  4. Music of Java - Wikipedia

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    There are two tuning systems in Javanese gamelan music, slendro and pelog (heptatonic in full, but focusing on a pentatonic group). [2] Tuning is not standard, rather each gamelan set will have a distinctive tuning. There are also distinct melodic modes associated with each tuning system. A complete gamelan consists of two of sets of instrument ...

  5. List of gamelan varieties - Wikipedia

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    1 Javanese gamelan varieties. 2 Balinese gamelan varieties. 3 Sundanese gamelan varieties. 4 See also. 5 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of gamelan ...

  6. Gamelan notation - Wikipedia

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    The kepatihan cipher system records the two fixed elements of Javanese gamelan music: the melodic framework (or balungan (literally, skeleton)) represented by numbers, and the set of punctuating gongs that define the form, represented by circles and other symbols. All of the other parts are not notated, but realized by the players at the time ...

  7. Gong ageng - Wikipedia

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    Gong Ageng in Javanese Gamelan ensemble Two gong sets; pélog scale set and sléndro scale set. Smaller kempul gongs are suspended between gong ageng (largest, right-side) and its gong suwukan (left, facing rearward). The gong ageng (or gong gedhe in Ngoko Javanese, means large gong) is an Indonesian musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan.

  8. Javanese Court Gamelan - Wikipedia

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    Javanese Court Gamelan is a recording of the gamelan of the Paku Alaman court in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. It was recorded by ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown on January 10, 1971 and released on LP later the same year.

  9. Puspawarna - Wikipedia

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    Puspawarna (ꦥꦸꦱ꧀ꦥꦮꦂꦤ; Javanese for "kinds of flowers") is a gamelan composition famous in Central Java.It is a ketawang in slendro pathet manyura. Thus the full title of the piece often given as Ketawang Puspawarna Laras Slendro Pathet Manyura.