Guide to Sundanese Music - Free EBooks Library

SINGGUL
SOROG
SULING DEGUNG
SULING TEMBANG
SURUPAN
SUSULAN
TAKOL LANCAR
TARIK
TUGU
TUKANG ...
WILET
1 wilet
2 wilet
4 wilet
' ....
GLOSSARY
= 5 (in gamelan circles) = Javanese l/barang/bem
a) one of the three tunings in tembang Sunda,
approximating to Western F E C Bt A. Also often used in
other kinds of music with kacapi.
b) a scale used by the singer and rebab player during
gamelan salendro which has intervals similar to those of
(a). Three notes coincide with salendro, while the other
two are in the cracks.
A short bamboo flute with 4 holes, used in gamelan
degung.
A long bamboo flute with 6 holes, used in tembang Sunda.
A tuning. Thus tembang Sunda uses surupan pelog, surupan
sorog and surupan salendro.
A bonang techique in which the hands play alternately.
The right hand repeats the destination note on the offbeats,
while the left plays around that note. Eg
LH
RH
S S S S i ^
2.2.
__ 1
5 .
etc
In gamelan salendro, a saron technique in which saron I
plays melodically, while saron II plays the destination
notes in rapid off-beats. May be played at the beginning
of the piece before caruk begins.
a) of speed: fast
b) of a string: taut
c) of tuning: sharp
The opposite of kendor.
= 1/barang.
= juru ... (see above)
Comparable to Javanese irama. Refers to the level of
rhythmic expansion of a goong cycle. In 1 wilet the
goong come close together. In 2 wilet they are twice as
far apart. In 4 wilet they are twice as far apart again.
P . |P . |P P|P G|
. P . .(. P . .|. P . P(. P . G|
|. .. P .... |. .. P ... .|. .. P . P . G(
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