The balungan (Javanese: skeleton, frame) is sometimes called the "core melody" or, "skeletal melodic outline," of a Javanese gamelan composition. This...

instruments commonly have only six keys. It provides the core melody (balungan) in the gamelan orchestra. Sarons typically come in a number often sizes...

notated as diacritical marks on the numbers used to show the core melody (balungan). The English language term was coined, presumably in Dutch, from the Greek...

v t e Melody Balungan Cadence Interval Melisma Melodic motion Motif Ornament Trill Pattern Phrasing Pitch Rhythm Sequence Steps and skips Timbre Type (figure)...

music, describing melodic tempo and relationships in density between the balungan, elaborating instruments, and gong structure. It is distinct from tempo...

cengkok at different transpositions. Some of the direct transpositions of balungan: from manyura to sanga by dropping notes one scale degree; from manyura...

for the most austere repertoire, typically playing a paraphrase of the balungan. The parts played by the bonang barung and bonang panerus are more complex...

these cipher notations are mainly used to notate the skeletal melody (the balungan) and vocal parts (gerongan), although transcriptions of the elaborating...

the gamelan, the 'skeletal' melody called the balungan is played on bronze metallophones. The balungan is puntuated by the larger gongs (gong and kempul)...

Kunst described five categories: nuclear theme (cantus firmus in Latin and balungan ("skeletal framework") in Indonesian); colotomic (a word invented by Kunst...