Gamelan Munggangare considered among the most ancientgamelansof thekraton(courts) ofcentral Java.The ensemble of instruments consists ofgong ageng,kempul,kendangand horizontal gong chimes tuned to three pitches. Very low in absolute pitch, each ensemble consists of two types:pelogandslendro.[1]There is a repertory of several repetitive pieces, the best known permutation being high-middle-high-low. It is theorized thatpelogwas derived from the three note munggang scale.[2]The origin of the munggang ensembles themselves are described in Javanese myths, however the first one may have been imported to Indonesia in the first century CE, with the first ensemble constructed by the Javanese made in the 4th century.[1]
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edit- ^abMantle Hood, José Maceda (1972).Music, Part 3; Part 6,p.13.ISBN9789004034020.
- ^Kay Kaufman Shelemay (1990).Ethnomusicological theory and method,p.68.ISBN9780824064709.