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GAMELAN SALlgNDRO/PgLOG: KENDANG
Sundanese name symbol description
LH KULANTEB (large head of the one lying on its side)
tung p
LH KENDANG AGEUNG (large head)
dung (dug, dong) B
ded (dut)
ded (dut)
per (sempur)
tug (sentug)
q
brrr
RH KULANTER (small head of the one standing upright)
peung (pleung)
pak
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a clear sound produced by the index
finger; like tung in Javanese
kendhang kalih
low sound (played with several
fingers together) from near the edge
of the large head: like Javanese
dhah
like B, but with the pitch raised
through foot pressure
like b, but with the pitch raised
further
fairly rapid repetition of ded, with
an increase in foot pressure
producing a gradual rise in pitch
symbol used under the main notation
to indicate that the next few ded
strokes rise gradually in pitch
a damped stroke of the fingers in the
middle of the head, producing a sound
of clear pitch from the small head:
like Javanese thung. Written in
underscored upper-case to distinguish
it from the tung on the kulanter
a clear sound produced by the index
finger: the same technique as tung
in kendhang kalih (hence the same
symbol), but on the small head
a slap produced by the fingers in the
middle of the drumhead, (damped by
the fingers remaining in contact
after the attack): like tak in
Javanese kendhang kalih