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'''Pelog''' is a [[tuning system]] used in both Javanese and Balinese gamelan music. It provides an octave-repeating heptatonic [[scale]], although | '''Pelog''' is a [[tuning system]] used in both Javanese and Balinese gamelan music. It provides an octave-repeating heptatonic [[scale]], although octaves are usually stretched to compensate for the inharmonicity of the instruments. | ||
In Javanese gamelan, the tones of pelog are numbered 1 through 7 (traditionally associated with body parts: 1 = head, 2 = neck, 3 = chest, 4 = groin, 5 = knees, 6 = feet, 7 = hands). Tuning varies considerably between gamelan, but on most modern Javanese sets one would encounter in the US the pairs 1-5, 2-6, and 3-7 are roughly fifths. | In Javanese gamelan, the tones of pelog are numbered 1 through 7 (traditionally associated with body parts: 1 = head, 2 = neck, 3 = chest, 4 = groin, 5 = knees, 6 = feet, 7 = hands). Tuning varies considerably between gamelan, but on most modern Javanese sets one would encounter in the US the pairs 1-5, 2-6, and 3-7 are roughly fifths. | ||