Gamelan
orchestra featuring metallophones
Balungan
skeletal melody that directs intricate parts of gamelan texture
Colotomic structure
cyclic temporal structure marked by pattern of punctuation notes on gongs
Alus/kasar
Javanese qualities of refinement/coarseness
Buka
short introduction to a gamelan piece in non-pulsatile time
Lagu
Ornate melody that implicitly underlies a gamelan piece
Cengkok
standard basis for elaborating patterns
Sledro/pelog
tuning systems for gamelan music
Patet
modal basis of melody
Ladrang
32 beat cyclic form
Irama
stratified layers of rhythmic density
Saron
hammered metallophone with thick rectangular-shaped keys
Gong Ageng
largest vertical gong