Wordlist
- andegan : vocal solo
- arang (awis): "sparse"
- ayak-ayakan : a form
- balungan : "rice" - core melody
- barang : a pelog pathet
- barang miring :
- bawa : vocal introduction
- bedhaya : a form
- bonang : instrument
- bonang panerus : instrument
- buka : opening
- cengkok : pattern
- ciblon : a drum
- dalang : wayang leader
- dhang : drum sound
- dhen : drum sound
- dhet : drum sound
- dhlang : drum sound
- dhlong : drum sound
- dua : 2 (Indonesian)
- empat : 4 (Indonesian)
- enam : 6 (Indonesian)
- gadon : with soft instruments
- gambang : wooden xylophone
- gamelan : the ensemble; its music
- gantung : to hang
- garap : improvisation
- gatra : "bar"
- gembyang : octave
- gender : instrument
- gendhing : a form - and, by extension, gamelan music generally
- gerong : male voice
- gong agung : big gong
- gong suwukan : gong
- hen : drum sound
- imbal :
- inggah : second section of gendhing
- irama : "density"
- ji : 1
- kemanak : banana shaped percussion instrument
- kempul : small gongs
- kempyang : instrument
- kendhang : drum
- kenong : big pots
- kepatihan : common notation system
- keplok : hand clapping
- keprak : instrument used to signal to dancers
- kerep : "dense"
- ketawang : a form
- kethuk : instrument
- kethuk salahan :
- ketipung : small drum
- klenengan : gamelan by itself, without dance or drama
- kret : drum sound
- ladrang : a form
- lancaran : a form
- langgam : a form
- laras : scale
- lima : a pelog pathet
- lima : 5
- lu : 3
- lung : drum sound
- ma : 5
- macapat : a song
- manyura : a slendro pathet
- merong : first section
- mipil :
- mleset : foreshadowing a note ("falling")
- nem : 6
- nem : a pelog pathet
- ngelik (lik): second/high section
- palaran : a form
- pancer : high 1s on rests
- panerusan : elaboration
- pat : 4
- pathet : "mode"
- pathetan : prelude or epilogue played by a few instruments
- patut gelut :
- peking : instrument
- pelog : a scale
- pi : 7
- pinjalan : interlocking balungan
- rebab : string instrument
- ro : 2
- sampak :
- sanga : a slendro pathet
- saron : metal-keyed instrument
- saron demung : instrument
- satu : 1 (Indonesian)
- sekaran :
- seleh :
- sesegan : a form
- sindhen : female voice
- sirep : louder instruments drop out
- slendro : a scale
- slentem : instrument
- srepegan : a form
- suling : flute
- suwuk :
- tabuh : mallet
- tak : drum sound
- tari : dance
- thlong : drum sound
- thlung : drum sound
- thung : drum sound
- tiga : 3 (Indonesian)
- tong : drum sound
- tujuh : 7 (Indonesian)
- umpak : transition from merong to inggah in a gendhing, first part of a ladrang
- wangsalan : sindhen pattern
- wayang : shadow puppet
- zither : instrument
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By Category
- drum sound
- dhang, dhen, dhet, dhlang, dhlong, hen, kret, lung, tak, thlong, thlung, thung, tong
- feature
- imbal, kethuk salahan, mipil, mleset, pancer, pinjalan
- form
- ayak-ayakan, bedhaya, gendhing, ketawang, ladrang, lancaran, langgam, macapat, palaran, sampak, sesegan, srepegan, tari
- instrument
- bonang, ciblon, gambang, gender, gerong, gong agung, gong suwukan, kemanak, kempul, kempyang, kendhang, kenong, keplok, keprak, kethuk, ketipung, peking, rebab, saron, sindhen, slentem, suling, zither
- number
- dua, empat, enam, ji, lima, lu, ma, nem, pat, pi, ro, satu, tiga, tujuh
- pathet
- barang, lima, manyura, nem, sanga
- pattern
- gantung, patut gelut, sekaran, seleh
- scale
- pelog, slendro
- section
- andegan, bawa, buka, inggah, merong, ngelik, pathetan, umpak
Constructions
- pe-
- pesindhen - female singer
- -an
- gambangan - gambang part
- kenongan - interval between kenongs
- gantungan - hanging pattern
- m-
- minggah - with inggah
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