The
traditional musical instrument called Gamelan comes from Javanese culture,
which is now still preserved among the palaces of Yogyakarta and Surakarta
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JAVANESE
GAMELAN AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION
1. the
development of the art of Karawitan
Javanese
Gamelan is a set of instruments as a musical statement that is often referred
to by the term karawitan. Karawitan is derived from Javanese Cayenne meaning
complicated, convoluted, but the Cayenne also means smooth, beautiful, sinuous
and tasty. The word Java karawitan particularly used to refer to gamelan music,
the music of Indonesia which has a tinge of non-diatonic melodies (in the
barrel of the slendro and pelog) which was partially-garapannya use notation
system, sound, rhythm, color has a function, and work on the pathet shape
cereal mixture, instrumentalia vokalia and beautiful are heard.
The art of
Javanese gamelan contains historical values and philosophical to the people of
Indonesia. It says such as Javanese gamelan is one of the art and culture
inherited by predecessors and until now is still widely popular and intense. As
a hypothetical, Bachelor J.L.A. Brandes (1889) States that prior to the
influence of the Javanese Hindu had known ten skills, including wayang and
gamelan. According to its history, the Javanese gamelan also has a long
history. As with any art or culture of another, the Javanese gamelan in its development
also experienced changes. Changes occur on how to pembuatanya, while its
development concerning its quality. Formerly the possession of Javanese gamelan
ageng is limited to the Court. Now, anyone interested can have it all rather
than gamelan Javanese-gamelan is included in the category of inheritance
(Embossed Haryono, 2001).
A complete
Gamelan has approximately 72 tools and can be played by the niyaga (musicians)
and accompanied by 10 – 15 pesinden and or the gerong. The order mainly
consists of tools at tetabuhan or made of metal. Other tools include kendang,
rebab (string instruments), the gambang is a type of taskbar with xylophon them
from wood, and wire-stringed instruments that are plucked named siter or
celepung.
Javanese
Gamelan has a tremendous response in the international world. While this has
been widely held Art Festival of gamelan in many European countries and had a
very good response from the community there. Even schools outside the country
that incorporate the art of gamelan music as one of the options to be studied
by the pelajarnya also not the least bit. But ironically in our own country
there are still many people who doubt the future of the gamelan. Especially the
youth who tend to be more interested in the outside music that have
sophisticated instruments. From here it takes an effort to attract people's
interest in the traditional arts, which became the nation's cultural heritage.
2. the
social function of the Javanese Gamelan
Philosophically
Javanese gamelan is a part and parcel of the life of Javanese. So due to the
philosophy of life of Javanese people related to art culture in the form of
Javanese gamelan as well as closely connected with the development of the
religion adhered.
In Javanese
gamelan has aesthetic functions related to social values, moral and spiritual.
Gamelan has its own greatness, the proof that the world has recognized the
gamelan is a musical instrument that can compensate for the traditional Eastern
musical instruments Department of the West. Gamelan is a musical instrument
which is flexible, because it can serve also for education.
3.
inheritance of Javanese Gamelan to the younger generation
At present
there is a tendency of the difference of perception conducted by young
generations through a variety of cultural attractions in another facet facet
look rather prominent, but in terms of another is a setback, especially
concerning motion-motion dance and penyuguhan gendhing-gendhing issued.
Young
children seem not interested in gamelan because nothing is introduced. In
addition no one teaches. It's not to blame because the majority of parents,
school environment, does not even support the child knows the gamelan. For the
younger generation, gamelan hard sought after if is emitted as the first in the
era of their parents or their grandparents. Young people now prefer if their
liking and gamelan sound paired with musical instruments and art whatever.
However, through the ways this gamelan got way to sustainably. Gamelan is not
just traditional musical instruments or objects, but there is a spirit in it,
i.e. the togetherness. The important point here is human, which is how they
feel close to the gamelan.
Need to be
considered also for the sustainability of our own culture that is truly Sublime
Adhi, filled with aesthetics, harmony, teachings, philosophies, tatakrama,
civic, tolerance, establishment of human-human noble minded individuals, not
loose as the driving factor insan in worship to God, by means of hard work and
good itikat memetri or keep its own arts and culture. Not until there is a gap
or the gap with elders who really qualified (expert). Even the communication
needs to be maintained as well as possible with the elders as a source or a
warehouse still holds a variety of science related to the issue of culture
itself, especially the masters-masters of musicians, dance etc.
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