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Track 1: Saih Puja Semara
Saih means mode or scale. Puja means to pray. Semara is God of Love. So, Saih Puja Semara means that the mode used in this piece is a pray to the God of Love.
Track 2: Gending Rejang Renteng
Rejang is one kind of a classical dance which is usually performed during the rites ceremony. Renteng means a nice voice. So, this piece (gending) is used to accompany the dance called Rejang Renteng or a ﾓsweetﾔ rejang.
Track 3: Gending Ngerejeg Kasumba
Ngerejeg means ﾓto attack someone with many peopleﾔ. Here, it means that this piece has an intricate interlocking part between one and other instruments. Kasumba is the name of one kind of red color which is very beautiful. So, Gendig Ngerejeg Kasumba is a beautiful piece with intricate interlocking parts.
Track 4: Gending Nyangjangan (Gegucekan)
Nyangjangan or Nyanjaang is derived from the word ﾑsenjaﾒ means ﾑeveningﾒ (or the end of a day). Here it means that this piece is always played at the end of the ceremony.
Track 5: Gending Kasumba, Pukulan Sekati
Sekati is the name of a kind of striking instrument in a Balinese ensemble. The other names are: ﾑkekenyonganﾒ, ﾑmalpalﾒ, ﾑniltilﾒ, etc. This piece is played using sekati technique which sounds more classical comparing to Ngerejeg or Gegucekan technique.
Track 6: Gending Kare / Perang Pandan
Kare means to be hurted. This piece is used to accompany the fighting dance is which the dancer fight one another by using prickly pandanus leaves.
Track 7: Gending Nyangjangan, Pukulan Reong
Reong is the name of an instrument in gamelan gong or gong ensemble which is played by four musicians. This piece of gending is played using reong technique.
Track 8: Nyangjangan
Track 9: Gending Rejang Reong
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Slonding is one of Balinese sacred ensembles, mostly performed at Tenganan Village and Asak Village. Slonding uses seven-tone scales. It has so many repertoires, such as special repertoire called “geguron” which is used to accompany special ceremony, and considered sacred so it can’t be recorded by anyone. The other repertoires are used to accompany the dance and for instrumental. Some of the pieces (in Balinese, piece means “gending”) are transferred from Gamelan Gambang, one of Balinese old xylophones ensembles which also use seven-tone scales. Slonding in this recording comes from the village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, one of Balinese old villages which has different custom comparing with the other villages in Bali. |
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Recorded at: Tenganan Pegeringsingan Village – Karangasem Regency – Bali Performed by: Sanggar Guna Winangun Directed by: I Nyoman Putu Gunawan |
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