Sorog and Pelog Scales in the Vocal and Rebab of Sundanese Gamelan Salendro
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.200321.029How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Sundanese, gamelan salendro, tone scale (laras), sorog, pelog
- Abstract
This study aims to analyse and explain the unique phenomenon of Sundanese gamelan salendro performances in West Java, Indonesia, that is the fixed pitch instruments of gamelan are in the salendro scale (laras salendro), but its vocal and rebab (a two-stringed fiddle) conventionally modulate into sorog scale (laras sorog), and occasionally into pelog scale (laras pelog). The study of this phenomenon at the same time serves as a review of Kusumadinata’s scale theory which has been taught in educational institutions, stating that “sorog and pelog are the scales derived from salendro (gamelan salendro)”. To analyse this phenomenon, the actual performances of various pieces of gamelan salendro, especially rebab, were examined. Based on the results of the analysis, it is explained that there are four types of sorog occur in the gamelan salendro performances; two of the four types appear most frequently, and in a long piece, three or all four types may appear. The results of this study indicate that pelog is not a scale derived from salendro, but sorog is presumed as a scale derived from salendro by this phenomenon. As to when this phenomenon took place, it would require further research with historical approaches.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Mariko Sasaki AU - Juju Masunah PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/24 TI - Sorog and Pelog Scales in the Vocal and Rebab of Sundanese Gamelan Salendro BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Arts and Design Education (ICADE 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 125 EP - 128 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200321.029 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200321.029 ID - Sasaki2020 ER -