OT - seeking frequency values for Indonesian pelog/slendro s
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Hey guys -
I'm currently taking a world music class and we have to do a project at the end. I thought it'd be cool to make a whistle tuned to one of the scales used in gamelan music. These scales are called <i>pelog</i> (it seems to have seven notes) and <i>slendro</i> (seems to have five). Any help in finding some frequency values or other useful construction information on this stuff? (Google is reticent in giving up useful info.) I'm going to have to tune it by tuner rather than by ear since I have NO idea what it's supposed to sound like.
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I'm currently taking a world music class and we have to do a project at the end. I thought it'd be cool to make a whistle tuned to one of the scales used in gamelan music. These scales are called <i>pelog</i> (it seems to have seven notes) and <i>slendro</i> (seems to have five). Any help in finding some frequency values or other useful construction information on this stuff? (Google is reticent in giving up useful info.) I'm going to have to tune it by tuner rather than by ear since I have NO idea what it's supposed to sound like.
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Two old bits...
An approach may be be what's found in Debussy's so called "chinese" scale.
Typically, play only the black keys on the piano, but you can start from any other tone.
It is NOT chinese. It was inspired to Debussy precisely by listening to Gamelan orchestras. I think we can trust his ear in some way...
see f.i. Debussy's "Estampes".
An approach may be be what's found in Debussy's so called "chinese" scale.
Typically, play only the black keys on the piano, but you can start from any other tone.
It is NOT chinese. It was inspired to Debussy precisely by listening to Gamelan orchestras. I think we can trust his ear in some way...
see f.i. Debussy's "Estampes".
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Hi Ava
I've taken classes in gamelan, and I have the frequency ranges for both scales in a pile of stuff. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait til next week for me to find it - I'm a bit bogged down with essays right now. Also, each individual gamelan will have its own scales, because each ensemble is tuned individually... so if you're doing this project on a specific gamelan, you're better off using a tuner there.
Good luck!
Deirdre
I've taken classes in gamelan, and I have the frequency ranges for both scales in a pile of stuff. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait til next week for me to find it - I'm a bit bogged down with essays right now. Also, each individual gamelan will have its own scales, because each ensemble is tuned individually... so if you're doing this project on a specific gamelan, you're better off using a tuner there.
Good luck!
Deirdre
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I did a search on "gamelan scale" on Google and got some pages. I don't know if they're any use. Here's one
http://hem.netlink.se/~sbe29751/pelog_main.htm
http://hem.netlink.se/~sbe29751/pelog_main.htm
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Not certain if this will help, but..
http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn/peeters/GAMELAN/tuning.html
or;
http://hem.netlink.se/~sbe29751/pelog%20main.htm
All the Best, Tom
Edited to add second site.
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http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn/peeters/GAMELAN/tuning.html
or;
http://hem.netlink.se/~sbe29751/pelog%20main.htm
All the Best, Tom
Edited to add second site.
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Just to clarify: pelog is a 7-note scale (notes numbered 1 through 7). Slendro is a five-note scale, but the notes are numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 (no 4 or 7). On the (Javanese) gamelan here in Cork, slendro notes approximate E, G, A, B, c# fingering on a whistle - but the intervals are not even (actual) tones or semitones (eg note 2 is actually in between F# and G). The pelog scale I will (hopefully) figure out at a later time and post. There's an electric guitar/bass player practicing riffs in the background... can't think straight...
Deirdre
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You have no idea!
*must practice... gong expects it...*
Ava: Slendro is close to F#, G, A, c, c#, d, e fingering.
I can still get you ranges for each interval if you need them - let me know!
Deirdre
Note: all approximations are just that, and based entirely on the internal musical workings of my brain, rather than any scientific checking of gamelan (downstairs) against whistles (at home)... Please allow a margin of error!
*must practice... gong expects it...*
Ava: Slendro is close to F#, G, A, c, c#, d, e fingering.
I can still get you ranges for each interval if you need them - let me know!
Deirdre
Note: all approximations are just that, and based entirely on the internal musical workings of my brain, rather than any scientific checking of gamelan (downstairs) against whistles (at home)... Please allow a margin of error!
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Hi Deirdre!
I'm doing this on my own, so no need to tune to anything else. I did read about each ensemble being tuned to its own group, which is kinda neat. Next week would be great, anything you could get to me would be most appreciated.
Everyone else, thanks! I'll check out those links when I get home from school.
I'm doing this on my own, so no need to tune to anything else. I did read about each ensemble being tuned to its own group, which is kinda neat. Next week would be great, anything you could get to me would be most appreciated.
Everyone else, thanks! I'll check out those links when I get home from school.
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Beth!
You need to get in touch with a guy from the University of Wyoming Music Department named Rod Garnet.
You can find his e-mail address and probably phone number at UW's website--I'd advise calling him as opposed to e-mail. If you can't find his number, I think I've got it here somewhere... Tell him I sent you.
Besides being a VERY nice guy, he heads up UW's world music programs, and he's a Balinese gamelan expert (the driving force behind UW's own Gamelan Chandra Wyoga, would you believe).
He's also an AMAZING Irish flute and fife player (remember that CD I have of Colcannon playing Dusty Windowsill? That's him).
He's pretty busy, but I'm sure he'd be eager to help you out. Who else are you going to find with this kind of expertise in both areas?
Here's an interesting fact for you: Not only is each gamelan tuned to itself and only to itself, but the "twin" instruments in a full-sized gamelan are intentionally just a wee bit out of tune with each other. This makes uptight western classical musicians cringe, but it's what gives authentic gamelan music that distinctive "shimmery" sound.
This sounds like a VERY interesting project--keep me posted.
Tom
You need to get in touch with a guy from the University of Wyoming Music Department named Rod Garnet.
You can find his e-mail address and probably phone number at UW's website--I'd advise calling him as opposed to e-mail. If you can't find his number, I think I've got it here somewhere... Tell him I sent you.
Besides being a VERY nice guy, he heads up UW's world music programs, and he's a Balinese gamelan expert (the driving force behind UW's own Gamelan Chandra Wyoga, would you believe).
He's also an AMAZING Irish flute and fife player (remember that CD I have of Colcannon playing Dusty Windowsill? That's him).
He's pretty busy, but I'm sure he'd be eager to help you out. Who else are you going to find with this kind of expertise in both areas?
Here's an interesting fact for you: Not only is each gamelan tuned to itself and only to itself, but the "twin" instruments in a full-sized gamelan are intentionally just a wee bit out of tune with each other. This makes uptight western classical musicians cringe, but it's what gives authentic gamelan music that distinctive "shimmery" sound.
This sounds like a VERY interesting project--keep me posted.
Tom
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Well, using a comparison chart I found, a tuning program I have, and the "match the pitch" function of my metronome, I came up with the following values:
(I started on middle C for no good reason. Hey, it's all relative.)
Pelog Scale
1 - 262 Hz (this note is called "bem")
2 - 282 Hz ("gulu")
3 - 303 Hz ("dada")
4 - 362 Hz ("pelog")
5 - 384 Hz ("lima")
6 - 409 Hz ("nem")
7 - 451 Hz ("barang")
1' - 524 Hz ("bem")
Slendro Scale (note there is no number 4)
1 - 262 Hz
2 - 299 Hz
3 - 344 Hz
5 - 398 Hz
6 - 458 Hz
1' - 524 Hz
My next step is to acquire either some Meg Cs to mutilate or get some PVC tubing and find a mouthpiece that will fit on them. I'll have to model the dimesions after a C whistle until I get to the fingerholes section.
(I started on middle C for no good reason. Hey, it's all relative.)
Pelog Scale
1 - 262 Hz (this note is called "bem")
2 - 282 Hz ("gulu")
3 - 303 Hz ("dada")
4 - 362 Hz ("pelog")
5 - 384 Hz ("lima")
6 - 409 Hz ("nem")
7 - 451 Hz ("barang")
1' - 524 Hz ("bem")
Slendro Scale (note there is no number 4)
1 - 262 Hz
2 - 299 Hz
3 - 344 Hz
5 - 398 Hz
6 - 458 Hz
1' - 524 Hz
My next step is to acquire either some Meg Cs to mutilate or get some PVC tubing and find a mouthpiece that will fit on them. I'll have to model the dimesions after a C whistle until I get to the fingerholes section.