GAMELAN

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Gamelan is the music that is created from an alloy gong sounds, kenong and other Javanese musical instruments. The music is soft and reflects the harmony of Javanese life will soon greet and soothe the soul was heard.
Gamelan music is definitely not a stranger. Its popularity has penetrated every continent and has created new music jazz-gamelan, gave birth to the institution as a learning space and gamelan music expression, has produced famous gamelan musicians. Gamelan music can now be enjoyed in many parts of the world, but Yogyakarta is the most appropriate place to enjoy the gamelan it since you can enjoy the original version.



Gamelan is a musical ensemble that usually highlight metallophones, xylophone, drums, and gongs. The term gamelan refers to the instrument / tool, which is a unified whole that is realized and sounded together. The word itself comes from Gamelan Java language gamel which means hitting / beating, followed by an ending that makes it a noun. Gamelan orchestra mostly located on the island of Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok in Indonesia in various types of ensemble sizes and shapes. In Bali and Lombok today, and in Java through the 18th century, the term is considered synonymous with the gong more gamelan.
Preceded the emergence of gamelan with Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in the early days of recording history, which also represents the original Indonesian art. Instrument was developed to shape up like this at the time of the Majapahit Kingdom. In contrast to the music of India, the only impact of the India-an in gamelan music is how I sing it. In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by Sang Hyang Guru in Saka Era, the god who controlled all the land of Java, with a castle on the mountain Mahendra in Medangkamulan (now Mount Lawu). Sang Hyang Guru is first created the gong to summon the gods. For a more specific message and then create two gongs, then eventually formed set of gamelan

Yogyakarta is growing in Javanese gamelan, a different form of gamelan Balinese gamelan or Sundanese gamelan. Javanese gamelan has a softer tone and slow, unlike the Balinese Gamelan Gamelan Sunda smart and very lilting voice and flute dominated. The difference is reasonable, since Java has a view of life that is expressed in the rhythm of gamelan music.

Javanese philosophy of life expressed in gamelan music is a life of physical and spiritual harmony, harmony in talking and acting so as not to bring an explosive expression and to realize tolerance. Concrete manifestation in his music is the pull rope is rebab, a balanced blend of sounds kenong, saron drums and xylophone and gong sound on every cover of rhythm.


There is no definite history of gamelan. The development is expected since the emergence of gamelan music kentongan, fiddle, pat into the mouth, the friction on the rope or thin bamboo until the familiar tools of metal music. Further development after named the gamelan, the music was used to accompany wayang performance, and dance. Later it became independent as the music itself and equipped with sound sinden.

A set of gamelan consist of several instruments, including a set of similar instruments called drums drums, fiddle and zither, xylophone, gongs and bamboo flutes. The main components that make up a gamelan musical instruments are bamboo, metal, and wood. Each instrument has its own function in gamelan music, such as closing a gong played music and gave the balance long after the music was decorated by the rhythm gending.

Javanese Gamelan is a musical with pentatonic melodies. A complete gamelan play consists of two rounds, the slendro and slendro. Slendro has 5 tones per octave, ie 1 2 3 5 6 [C-D + E GA] with a small interval differences. Pelog have seven tones per octave, ie 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [C + D E-F # G # AB] with big interval difference. Gamelan music compositions created by some of the rules, which consist of several rounds and pathet, limited by a gong and the melodies are created in a unit consisting of four tones.


You can see gamelan as a separate musical performance as well as a dance or performing arts such as shadow puppets and ketoprak. As a performance, gamelan music is usually combined with the voices of the singers of Java (called wiraswara male singers and female singers called waranggana). Gamelan music is performed can now be a classic or contemporary gamelan. One form of contemporary gamelan is jazz-gamelan music as a combination of pentatonic and diatonic tone'

One of the places in Yogyakarta where you can see the sultan's palace gamelan performances. On Thursday at 10:00 to 12:00 pm gamelan as a musical performance itself. Saturday at the same time as the accompaniment of gamelan music performed puppet show, while on Sunday at the same time as the accompaniment of gamelan music performed traditional Javanese dance. To see the show, you can go to Sri Maganti. While to see the old gamelan, you can go to another of the kingdom which lies further to the rear.