The balungan (Javanese: skeleton, [2] frame) is sometimes called the "core melody" or, "skeletal melodic outline," [3] of a Javanese gamelan composition. This corresponds to the view that gamelan music is heterophonic : the balungan is then the melody which is being elaborated .

Aug 3, 2022 · The instruments of the gamelan can be divided into three families: balungan instruments, punctuating instruments, and elaborating instruments. The balungan instruments—the saron , the demung, the peking, and the slenthem —carry the melodic lines.

The kepatihan cipher system records the two fixed elements of Javanese gamelan music: the melodic framework (or balungan (literally, skeleton)) represented by numbers, and the set of punctuating gongs that define the form, represented by circles and other symbols. All of the other parts are not notated, but realized by the players at the time ...

respective idioms. The balungan distinguishes between pathet by emphasizing different pitches at important metric junctions, and also by means of characteristic phrases. The elaborating parts likewise have their own conventional means of signaling the pathet of a composition. Ladrang Sri Duhita, laras pélog pathet barang by K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat

There are three general types of balungan which can be ranked according to relative rhythmic density: Balungan Nibani Every other beat is empty so its density is half of the balungan pulse.

The balungan (Javanese: skeleton, [2] frame) is sometimes called the "core melody" or, "skeletal melodic outline," [3] of a Javanese gamelan composition. This corresponds to the view that gamelan music is heterophonic : the balungan is then the melody which is being elaborated .

BALUNGAN was first published in 1984. All issues are available online and in print. The editor is Jody Diamond; some issues have guest editors, indicated in bold.

BALUNGAN (ISSN# 0885-7113) is an international journal that presents both scholarly and artistic perspectives on Indonesian and international gamelan music and related performing arts. Each issue contains articles, interviews, scores, and information on gamelan activities throughout the …

Nov 2, 2022 · And that is the 13-piece ensemble named Balungan. The translation of the term is “ skeleton ” in Javanese, and it is the basic form of gamelan music, made up of percussive instruments. It is one of the most common forms of the instrument, which are the metallophones, played by mallets, and hand-played drums called the kendhang / Kendang, by ...

BALUNGAN is an international peer-reviewed journal presenting scholarly and artistic perspectives on Indonesian and international gamelan music and related performing arts.