Guide to Sundanese Music - Free EBooks Library

PANELU
PANELU SOROG
PANERUS
PANGAGfiT
PANGJADI
PANGKAT
PANGKAT BIASA
PANUTUP
PATOKAN
PEKING
PiLOG
PETIT
GLOSSARY
= 3 = Javanese 3/dhadha. For those familiar with
Javanese notation but not yet used to Sundanese, it maybe
useful to remember that 3 is the same in both systems.
[For those who have ever had piano lessons, another
useful mnemonic is to think of piano fingerings for the
left hand. 3 is then your middle finger.]
= 3- (= + Javanese 4/pelog). The note which turns the
pelog scale (12 3 4 5) into the sorog scale (45123-)
a) in gamelan salendro/pelog: 7-note metallophone one
octave below saron. = Javanese demung.
b) in gamelan degung = cempres
A secondary pivotal note, which may come between the
pancer and the stuctural notes.
The very first section of a piece after the pangkat,
during which it becomes clear what the piece is, and the
tempo settles down.
Introductory phrase played a single instrument.
= Javanese buka.
Literally "normal pangkat". In degung klasik, the
pangkat which opens the majority of sekar ageung with
goong 5.
A closing piece. Like the bubuka, often fast and loud.
A framework of pitches. The basis of sekar alit.
a) in gamelan salendro/pelog: 7-note metallophone one
octave above saron. = Javanese peking/saron panerus.
b) in gamelan degung: metallophone of nearly three
octaves' range, and relatively high pitch.
a) a seven-note gamelan tuning (sometimes called pelog
jawar), resembling Javanese pelog.
b) short for "pelog degung": a five-note tuning used in
gamelan degung and tembang Sunda, with intervals rather
close to those of Western music. In gamelan degung
approximates to G F# D C B. In tembang approximates to
F E C Bb A.
a) in gamelan salendro: the high 5/singgul
b) in general: a very high melodic phrase. Often sung
to "Aduh" or "Manis". Sometimes referred to as "jerit":
literally "scream".
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