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SEMAR PEGULINGAN. Balinese Gamelan Sample Pack

by Bali Gamelan Samples

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Suling Ding 00:08
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Suling Dong 00:11
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Suling Deng 00:10
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Suling Deung 00:08
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Suling Dung 00:07
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Suling Dang 00:10
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Suling Daing 00:09
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Gong Klenang 00:19
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Gong Kecil I 00:14
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Gong Besar I 00:17
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Gong Xtra I 00:12
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Kempur I 00:14
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Kemong I 00:06
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Kemong II 00:07
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Kempli I 00:01
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Cengceng I 00:01
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about

Semar Pegulingan, popularized by musicologist Colin McPhee, can be traduced as the "Gamelan Of Love", is a 7 tone ensemble commonly used in the Balinese Gamelan music Tradition.

The 7 tones are displayed as the following:

DING
DONG
DENG
DEUNG
DUNG
DANG
DAING

Some instruments will have a 7 keys display while others will have 14 (2 octaves).

In this sample pack you will find the following instruments of the Semar Pegulingan Orchestra:

JEGOG
JUBLAG
TROMPONG
KANTIL
GANGSA
KANTIL
GENDER
PEMADE

Usually instruments will be presented as 2 pairs of the same type.

Including the prefix "OMBAK" in the samples it means that both pair of instruments are played TOGETHER (Ombak meaning "Wave", it creates the desired effect of waving/chorus in between the ensemble). Usually one ensemble has 2 instruments of the same kind: for example 2 Genders, one "male" and one "female", with a slight detuning in between them, so when they are played together, the same note they will create the unique vibration of the Gamelan tradition.

Percussion and Melodic samples were added of the following instruments:

GONG
CENGCENG (cymbals)
FLUTE (Suling)
KEMPUR
KLENANG
KEMONG
KEMPLI
KENDANG

When the instruments are named without the word "OMBAK" it means that a only a single instrument is played (just one of the pair).

credits

released July 21, 2021

This samples were recorded in the month of July 2021 at the Semar Pegulingan ensemble of the University ISI Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia by the student Agustín Oscar Rissotti.

Extra samples from Narwastu Ensemble in Batubulan were added. The Kendang samples are played by I Nyoman Darsane.

Eternal thanks to I Wayan Sweca and Kadek Astawa for letting me enter the University and Jonathan Bailey for lending me the pangguls and open his Sanggar for my experimentation.

The Gamelan Semar Pegulingan is considered a "progressive" one due to the versatility that the 7 notes gives. Usually melodic composers persue this ensemble for their creations.

Semer is the name of the Hindu God of Love and Pegulingan means to "lay down". The oringins of this ensemble dates from the 17th century and is the chosen ensemble for many traditional dance creations such as Legong.

Please support buying and downloading. All earnings made from this samples are destinated to foment and continue the tradition of Balinese Arts.

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