Source of data about gamelan Javanese culture after the pre-history entered a new era that was a time when the culture from the outside, in this case the culture of India, took effect. Javanese society rightly appreciate the great work of his own ancestors. Other nations so assiduously studying Javanese gamelan, even in some countries have Javanese gamelan instruments. It is therefore quite ironic if the Javanese as the direct heir would not care about the musical arts gamelan or Javanese culture in particular or in general. Javanese gamelan is now not only known in Indonesia I, in fact has grown in the United States, Britain, Japan, Canada. (2) using the barrel (scales slendro) and / or pelog either instrumental or non-gamelan gamelan and vocal or a mixture of both. In the strict sense of the term used to describe a musical arts type of sound or music that contain one or both of the following elements (Supanggah, 2002:12): (1) using a gamelan music either partially or wholly or pelog sebagain barreled slendro or all of them. That said, in the keratin Surakarta, musicians have also used the term as an umbrella of several branches of the arts such as inlaid decoration, sculpture, dance, puppetry until (Supanggah, 2002:5-6) Many people interpret the "musical" departed from the word "pepper" which means small, delicate, complicated. The term has developed the use and meaning. The term "musical" is used to refer to the art of gamelan is widely used by the Java community. Therefore, since the existence of gamelan until now there have been changes and developments, particularly in the completeness of the ensemble. If contact occurs between nations culture was also the art of contact that can occur one or a portrait of the nation will absorb elements of other peoples art adapted to local Events.
This means that every nation has a certain art, but a form different from one nation to another nation. Art is one of the elements of culture that are universal. Gamelan is a cultural product to satisfy the human need for art. There is no written evidence which can be used to track and search for gamelan gamelan in the future. However, the exact year is difficult to know because in prehistoric times people are not familiar with the literature of the system. If the theory is true means the existence of gamelan and wayang has been around since the time prasearah. Ten grains of the cultural skills instead of giving Hindu nation of India. Theoretically Brandes said that long before the arrival of Indian cultural influences, the Javanese culture have the skills or knowledge that includes 10 items (Brandes, 1889): wayang, gamelan, science rhythm poem, batik, metal work, its own currency system, science and technology shipping, astronomy, agriculture fields, regular government bureaucracy. But perhaps there are still many who do not know how the historical development of the orchestra itself, since when the gamelan began there in Java?Ī scholar named Dr. They already know the term 'gamelan', 'musical', or 'fowl'. (Source: Wisnumarta, Satria ZMagz.Ponorogo: Junior High School 1 Ponorogo.)įor the community in particular Java, gamelan is not something foreign in public life know exactly which one or a set of gamelan called gamelan.
IN ENGLISH (with google translate Indoneisan-english): Kalau pendapat Becker ini benar adanya, tentu istilah “gamelan” dijumpai juga di Burma atau di beberapa daerah di Asia Tenggara daratan, namun ternyata tidak.
Namun pada masa Kediri (sekitar abad XIII Masehi), seorang ahli music Judith Becker mengatakan bahwa kata “gamelan” berasal dari nama seorang pendeta Burma dan seorang ahli besi bernama Gumlao. Istilah gamelan telah disebut dalam kaitan dengan music. Dalam bahasa Jawa ada kata “gembel” yang berarti “alat pemukul” yang kemudian mungkin menjadi istilah “gamelan”. Zoetmulder menjelaskan kata “gamel” dengan alat music perkusi yakni alat music yang dipukul (1982). Dalam sumber tertulis masa Jawa Timur dikelompokkan ansambel gamelan dikatakan sebagai “tabeh tabehan” (bahasa Jawa baru “tabuh-tabuhan” atau “tetabuhan” yang berarti dibunyikan dengan dipukul). Data tentang keebradaan gamelan ditemukan di dalam sumber verbal yakni sumber tertulis yang berupa prasasti dan kitab sastra yang berasal dari masa Hindu-Budha dan sumber pictorial berupa relief yang dipahat pada bangunan candi baik pada candi yang berasal dari masa klasik Jawa Tengah (Abad VII sampai abad X) dan candi berasal dari masa klasik Jawa Timur yang lebih muda (abad XI sampai abad XV) (Haryono, 1985).