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  1. Slendro - Wikipedia

    Slendro is a Javanese term for one of the scales in gamelan. It is derived either from " Sailendra ", the name of the ruling family in the eighth and ninth centuries when Borobudur was built, or …

  2. Pelog - Wikipedia

    The two "slendro" modes, slendro gedé and slendro alit are named for their resemblance to slendro proper. In these modes, ding is often placed at the first note of a two-note sequence in …

  3. SLENDRO Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SLENDRO is a pentatonic tuning employed for Javanese gamelans that divides the octave into five roughly similar intervals. How to use slendro in a sentence.

  4. Slendro | music | Britannica

    slendro. music. Ask the Chatbot a Question More Actions Print Cite verifiedCite While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to …

  5. Slendro - Xenharmonic Wiki

    Dec 21, 2024 · Slendro is a tuning system used in Indonesian gamelan music. It provides an octave-repeating pentatonic scale, although octaves are usually stretched to account for the …

  6. Slendro - Microtonal Encyclopedia

    Sep 13, 2018 · Slendro (called salendro by the Sundanese) is a pentatonic scale, Play (help·info) the older of the two most common scales (laras) used in Indonesian gamelan music...

  7. Tuning of Gamelan and Sensory Dissonance - YouTube

    Mar 27, 2021 · In this video I focus on unique tuning systems Slendro and Pelog used in Gamelan music. I go through how they are different from chromatic scale and how they...

  8. Pelog - Xenharmonic Wiki

    5 days ago · There is no one definitive pelog scale, as there is considerable variation between gamelan, and especially between different regions (in particular Java, Bali, and Sunda). The …

  9. slendro - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Mar 19, 2025 · slendro (uncountable) A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.

  10. What does slendro mean? - Definitions.net

    Slendro. Slendro (Javanese: ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ, Balinese: slendro) (Sundanese: salendro) Play is one of the essential tuning systems used in gamelan instruments that have pentatonic scale. …

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