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GAMELAN SALfiNDRO/PfiLOG : BONANG
Bungur, which has the patokan 4 (5) 4 (2) with the pancer 3, might be
played:
Bungur 1 wilet gancang
P
gumekan
bonang: 45121543
P
4 5 12 15 4 3
—r- -1 r
4 5 12 15 4 4
P
—r -I r-
45121544
4 5 12 15 4 3
P P
G
—r T r-
4 5 12 15 4 5
P G
~r -» r
4 5 12 15 4 3 4 5 4.4512
The way to get gumekan going fast and evenly, is to ensure that you play the
notes with alternate hands whenever possible. Avoid windscreen wiper action
wherever you can.
3-2.3 Caruk bonang
The bonang and rincik may play an interlocking pattern called caruk^. It is
rather different from caruk saron. For one thing, the on-beat part spends
most of the time on the notes adjacent to the destination note, rather than
on the destination note and every-other-note-but-one. Another difference
with caruk saron is that the pancer is never used as a destination note. It
is generally used in slow 1 wilet, or 2 wilet, rather than at the faster
speeds.
The following chart gives the basic patterns, with maps of the bonang and
rincik:
Some musicians call this technique gumekan as well, which is
confusing.
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