@GatoradeIsNotJuice Sumarsam is widely recognized as a master musician and teacher within the gamelan community. This instrument is tuned to the Javanese slendro scale, which doesn't line up with western pitches. Perhaps the sound would make more sense to your ears if you were able to hear it in the context of the full ensemble, but you're very much mistaken to think you understand the instrument better than Sumarsam does.

nyamleng gandem marem ,mat sinematan , sinaune nyang ngendi iki pak ,aku pengin biso , siter atau celempung dipadu suling karo gambang gender ,kendang ,rebab , harmoninya mungkin bagus ya pak , bisa dikasih nama teraji terawang rasa dan jiwa ,salam

You've been an inspiration for a long time. Nice to see you in action.

Indonesian

What do you approx. ask for this instrument?

Kalo di padukan sama gendang bagus jadi kroncong

Permata yg Hilang

@danielfuruta im not making any claims to say that I can do his job better than he can, by all means I cant because ive never played one before. I just wasnt exactly impressed by his playing, but music is all subjective, right? thank you for the reference on the scale name, Il look it up! and man everyone keeps telling me this doesnt line up with western pitches, but I get that! Im used to microtonal scales, this one just came across as a bit odd to me best regards

@glorplaxy indian instruments arent constricted to a chromatic scale.. i play the sitar. the frets are moveable for that reason. but depending on which scale it is, the notes are tuned accordingly to make it sound good. this just sounds.. out of tune

@glorplaxy indeed. the reason i brought up indian instruments is that they are another example of something that ARENT western instruments that use microtonal scales. yet the scales manage to sound good. no need to get offended, I only said it sounds out of tune because it in fact does. I am honored that someone of your evident stature has deemed my ear incapable of perceiving music, this will encourage me to hone my art even further. thank you sir

@KnzoVortex

4 жыл бұрын

Lien This is a form of music that takes a different ear to listen to. It will sound out of tune to the western ear for some time, but if you keep listening, you will adjust. Indonesia a different culture, and in the culture this instrument exists in, it is in tune. Of course, compared to western tuning, it is out of tune, but saying this defeats the point. I know it’s been 9 years and you will probably not get this comment, but I’m just trying to clear some things up, that being, the music of Indonesia is quite different than of other places, so the tuning is quite different, and this instrument exists within Indonesia and so uses this different tuning. Have a good day, accept the worlds cultures 🌏

i am not insulting the instrument by any means. it just appears that the man demonstrating all these instruments isnt proficient at any of the many instruments he is playing and I think it would be best for wesleyan to live up to its prestigious name by having capable people show their instruments. Cheers!

TUNE. THAT. NOW

@izumishimomura8438

3 жыл бұрын

@Hm Hm nope, he is an Idiot explaining about Javanese Music are suck coz not using a Western Scale

@izumishimomura8438

3 жыл бұрын

@Hm Hm overall, I love Laras Slendro, idk why, when I heard this Instrument that use Slendro, like a Gender and Celempung it takes me to the nostalgic in Jogja, this Celempung use Slendro, this song is makes me feel relaxed