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Kamis, 08 Maret 2012

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Javanese Gamelan is a musical with pentatonic melodies. A complete gamelan play consists of two rounds, the slendro and slendro. Slendro has 5 tones per octave, ie 1 2 3 5 6 [C-D + E GA] with a small interval differences. Pelog have seven tones per octave, ie 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [C + D E-F # G # AB] with big interval difference. Gamelan music compositions created by some of the rules, which consist of several rounds and pathet, limited by a gong and the melodies are created in a unit consisting of four tones.
You can see gamelan as a separate musical performance as well as a dance or performing arts such as shadow puppets and ketoprak. As a performance, gamelan music is usually combined with the voices of the singers of Java (called wiraswara male singers and female singers called waranggana). Gamelan music is performed can now be a classic or contemporary gamelan. One form of contemporary gamelan is jazz-gamelan music as a combination of pentatonic and diatonic tone.
One of the places in Yogyakarta where you can see the sultan's palace gamelan performances. On Thursday at 10:00 to 12:00 pm gamelan as a musical performance itself. Saturday at the same time as the accompaniment of gamelan music performed puppet show, while on Sunday at the same time as the accompaniment of gamelan music performed traditional Javanese dance.
To see the show, you can go to Sri Maganti. While to see the old gamelan, you can go to another of the kingdom which lies further to the rear.

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