Guide to Sundanese Music - Free EBooks Library

CONTENTS
FOREWORD iii
SUNDANESE PRONUNCIATION v
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 GAMELAN SALfiNDRO & GAMELAN PfiLOG
1.1.1 Background and instruments 1
1.1.2 Tuning and notation in gamelan salendro 3
1.1.3 Tuning, scales and notation in gamelan pelog 6
1.2 GAMELAN DEGUNG
1.2.1 Background and instruments 8
1.2.2 Gamelan degung tuning 10
1.3 TEMBANG SUNDA or CIANJURAN
1.3.1 Background 13
1.3.2 The instruments of tembang Sunda 14
1.3.3 Tunings in tembang Sunda 14
2 SOME USEFUL TERMS AND PRINCIPLES
2.1 INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT
2.1.1 Sekar alit and sekar ageung 17
2.1.2 Patokan: goong, kenong, pancer, pangaget 18
2.1.3 Four common types of sekar alit 20
2.1.4 wilet 21
2.2 MELODY
2.2.1 Kawih and senggol 22
2.2.2 Da-mi-na-ti-la notation 23
2.2.3 Vocal tunings 25
3 PLAYING GAMELAN SALfiNDRO AND GAMELAN P^LOG
3.1 SARON
3.1.1 Caruk saron: the basic pattern 27
3.1.2 Caruk saron: applying the pattern 29
3.1.3 Other saron techniques: pangkat and cacag 34
3.1.4 4 wilet 35