 A gamelan degung player | |
| Classification | |
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| Inventor(s) | Sundanese |
| Developed | Indonesia (West Java) |
| More articles or information | |
| Gamelan | |
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| Country | Indonesia |
| Reference | 01607 |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2021 (16th session) |
| List | Representative |
| Degung, Gambang, Gender Wayang, Gong gede, Gong kebyar, Jegog, Joged bumbung, Salendro, Selunding, Semar pegulingan, Surakarta | |
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| Music of Indonesia |
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| Specific forms |
| Regional music |
Gamelan degung is a form of Sundanese musical ensemble that uses a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of degung scale. The instruments are manufactured under local conditions in towns in West Java such as Bogor and Bandung. [1] Degung music is often played at public gatherings in West Java, such as at local elections, as well as many other events. [2] There is international interest in degung as well among communities in other countries interested in Indonesian and gamelan music. [3]
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Gamelan degung also playable in madenda scale, which is included in the set as a complementary tone, usually marked as a -3/ni tone in the set. Playing gamelan degung in this scale requires the substitution of the 3/na metal bars into -3/ni tones on all instruments.
Gamelan tuning use its da/1 note as the reference. The tuning of a degung set should match with common suling tunings. A suling usually sold based on the length of the tube, such as 56 cm, 54 cm, etc. Shorter tube has higher base note. A 56 cm suling corresponds with da/1≈G.
| Degung | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Madenda | 5 | 4 | -3 | 2 | 1 | |
| reading | la | ti | na | ni | mi | da |
| surupan 56 | B | C | D | E | F# | G |
| surupan 54 | A# | B | C# | D# | E# | F# |
| surupan 52 | A | Bb | C | D | E | F |
