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Guide to Sundanese Music - Free EBooks Library

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POLA<br />

P.S.<br />

PUPUH<br />

BEBAB<br />

EINCIK<br />

EUMPAKA<br />

SALfiNDRO<br />

SARON<br />

SAWILET<br />

SAWILET SATENGAH<br />

SEKAR AGEUNG<br />

SEKAR ALIT<br />

SENGGAK<br />

SfiNGGOL<br />

GLOSSARY<br />

Pattern or model. If a vocal melody is "dipola" , it<br />

means it is a pre-existing tune, as opposed <strong>to</strong> an<br />

improvised one.<br />

Pronounced "pe es". Short for "gamelan pelog/salendro".<br />

Javanese verse forms. The ones used for the lyrics of<br />

<strong>Sundanese</strong> songs are Kinanti, Sinom, Asmarandana and<br />

Dangdanggula.<br />

A two-stringed fiddle.<br />

In gamelan salendro/pelog, a small bonang pitched an<br />

octave higher, ie Javanese bonang panerus. Also<br />

sometimes short for kacapi rincik.<br />

A song lyric in any verse form.<br />

A tuning in which the five notes are almost equally<br />

spaced at intervals of around 240 cents. Similar <strong>to</strong><br />

Javanese slendro.<br />

a) in gamelan salendro/pelog: 7-note metallophone.<br />

= Javanese saron.<br />

b) in gamelan degung = peking.<br />

= 1 wilet (see wilet)<br />

= If wilet = 1 wilet kendor = a slow 1 wilet or a fast<br />

2 wilet (see wilet)<br />

Literally "large piece". Larger scale forms in both<br />

gamelan salendro/pelog and gamelan degung, which are<br />

usually based on a melody, as opposed <strong>to</strong> a framework of<br />

destination pitches.<br />

Literally "small piece". Small scale forms in both<br />

gamelan salendro/pelog and gamelan degung, which are<br />

usually based on a framework of destination pitches.<br />

Rhythmic cries, hoots, animal noises, shouts of<br />

encouragement, heckling and so on by gamelan musicians.<br />

a) A style of melody: eg senggol kaleran = melody in the<br />

style of the North coast<br />

b) (sometimes) a whole melody: eg "how did that senggol<br />

go ?" = "how did that melody go ?"<br />

c) a melodic turn of phrase<br />

d) a melodic ornament<br />

Not an exact synonym for Javanese cengkok, but covering<br />

similar ground, and at least as elusive <strong>to</strong> define.<br />

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