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Notation
Angklung Sampler Book
Compiled by Barbara Benary. Notation for traditional pieces and original works for gamelan angklung (four-tone slendro), and information on making bamboo angklung.
Beginning Gender: Lessons with Sukamso
Collected by Larry Polansky in 1988-89. Includes damping exercises, a variety of cengkok, and garap of several pieces.
Bonang: Bubaran Udan Mas
Yogya style from K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat.
Gambang Suling
Notation by Pak Cokro. Sometimes known as Swara Suling or Suara Suling, is often credited to Nartosabdho. The piece is extremely popular, and has been arranged and re-arranged in both vocal and instrumental versions for a wide variety of ensembles and instruments, including Balinese gamelan, Sundanese angklung, and classical guitar. In Pak Cokro's notation, the introduction uses older Yogyanese symbols for the individual drum strokes; the rhythm is indicated as "Wirama Rumba."
Kumpulan Lagu-Lagu Degung Klasik
A collection of classic Degung pieces. Compiled and edited by Matt Ashworth, Bandung, July 2002.
The Javanese Vocal Notation of K.R.T Wasitodiningrat, Book I: Slendro
With Pak Cokro's permission, this collection of notation (in .pdf files) may be freely downloaded. The table of contents, introduction, and indexes were scanned as text and are searchable; the notation itself is not. The introduction is by Alex Dea and Laurie Kottmeyer (and is the only section with a copyright). Editorial comments or corrections in the notation are by Jody Diamond, with assistance from I.M. Harjito and Djoko Waluyo. The indexes are useful for finding versions of pieces in other pathet, or in a particular form.
The Javanese Vocal Notation of K.R.T Wasitodiningrat, Book II: Pelog
With Pak Cokro's permission, this collection of notation (in .pdf files) may be freely downloaded. The table of contents, introduction, and indexes were scanned as text and are searchable; the notation itself is not. The introduction is by Alex Dea and Laurie Kottmeyer (and is the only section with a copyright). Editorial comments or corrections in the notation are by Jody Diamond, with assistance from I.M. Harjito and Djoko Waluyo. The indexes are useful for finding versions of pieces in other pathet, or in a particular form.