Not complete it if Java Angklung and dance without any Gamelan, Gamelan own many kinds. Gamelan music consists of various types of music, like goong, kenong and xylophone, all the tools along with the rhythm of music sounded very calm and harmonic to make us fall a sleep.
Gamel word itself means hitting or beating. This music instrument can be met throughout the island of Java, Madura and Bali, even now at the hotel five-star hotel to hotel lobby performance by the musicians. However, many do not know where the instrument maker, and at what price. I do not think how to play the gamelan music instrument, but I think how to make it, why the passive voice can give you a feel of harmonious ethnic and more specific.?.
Gamelan first appeared since the time of entering Hindu Indonesia. In the mythology created by Javanese gamelan "Sang Hyang Guru" in the era of "Eka Saka", he is the god who controlled all the land of Java and powerful Lawu, close to the temple and the temple Cetho Sukuh. Picture or relief gamelan are also found in the walls of the Borobudur temple Magelang Central Java. Even his name as "Gamelan" but in every area has different characteristics of gamelan music as well, reread my previous post that Java island is divided into several provinces.
Making gamelan looks very difficult and at work by several people, I see the direct manufacture of gamelan in Central Java village wirun solo, as I guide my guests from the Netherlands, actually see how the gamelan is not included in the itinerary of my program, but my guests want to see how to weave.
Because before when they see and hear in Jogjakarta gamelan music instrument is very unique and beautiful, they look means gamelan music played in Jogjakarta palace, and when they saw the show in Prambanan Ramayana ballet.
Mr. supoyo his name, he is a child of Mbah Reso. And Mbah Reso was a disciple of a master or a master instrument maker of the palace of Solo, Mr. Supoyo or call pak poyo familiar in the village district wirun mojolaban solo central java Indonesia.
My guest and I visited the village to see the direct wirun gamelan making it particularly goong. Actually there are more than 5 instrument maker in this village, but I prefer the focus to the hermitage pack poyo given pedigree makes him learn gamelan.
Making gamelan strenuous enough, different enough to make the dagger in 2 or 3 people working on it, make gamelan goong require more than five workers in each furnace, initially shaped brass metal plate in the fuel in the furnace for 10 minutes until the material the brass issued a sort of incandescent coal, after which the Pick up from the fireplace and hit with a hammer on iron by some workers, forge or beat any way using a unique technique and every tool at or hammer has a different name and different sound , after the process of forging or plate had finished beating back the input into a burning furnace to remove the colors and glow in the forging back and so on until the ball semicircle.
After the forging process is completed and at once proceed with the process set pengikiran goong gamelan sound itself. In this process directly supervised by Mr. poyo and usually pack a setting straight poyo goong gamelan sound, having seen firsthand how the process of making guests gamelan goong ago I asked "how much it costs for a complete gamelan set.?" Then pak poyo answer "about 500 million for Javanese gamelan and Sundanese gamelan 150 million for ", the price is fantastic for a complete music instrument, given the way of making that requires a lot of labor, struggling with the fire and require high accuracy. And my guest to talk "was the people of Indonesia are the people who persevere and have a taste of high art".
I got to thinking ... means the ancient Majapahit kingdom in the days before that, the people of Indonesia are not stupid and have the technique of making an object with high precision and persistence, see the proof in any pictures or reliefs of Borobudur, the temple and the temple Sukuh Cetho. After visiting the village district wirun mojolaban solo central java, then on continue our journey towards the East Java through Lawu Sarangan, because our journey is still far in Java Bali Overland tour program.
