Re-Actualization Balinese Gamelan Harmony for Renewal Knowlegde of TheBalinese Music

Abstract

Balinese music has a variety of Gamelan that developed in the community. Balinese Gamelan becomes a central object in the development of Balinese musical knowledge. One of the most problematic is the harmony system of Balinese Gamelan. In the context of Balinese musical knowledge, the harmony system is an element that is often discussed in its existence and development. The 'harmony system' has been recognized through a dualistic concept in the Balinese musical knowlegde. This concept is the source of Balinese Gamelan playing techniques in the Balinese Gamelan. The all playing techniques by two patterns. The patterns are called polos and sangsih, which means that all harmony is manifested through two different patterns, both constitute one necessity, which can be called harmony, and it is closely related to playing techniques. Knowledge of the harmony system with the dualistic concept was base on the Gamelan Gong Kebyar research object. Gamelan Gong Kebyar is indeed very attached to the dualistic system. However, this system is not relevant to some other Balinese Gamelan, one of which is the Gamelan Gambang. Furthermore,  the harmony system with a dualistic concept is not represented in other Balinese Gamelan. Therefore, knowledge about the harmony system in Balinese music needs to be renewed again. This renewal is an actualization of knowledge in terms of Gamelan Gambang research. The problems discussed in this article are what is meant by the harmony of Balinese Gamelan, the limits of harmony of Balinese Gamelan and the concept of harmony of Balinese music harmony. The purpose of this research is to make a basic of knowlegde of the Balinese musical harmony system. A basic of knowlegde that can be applied in a variety of the all Balinese Gamelan. The research method used was qualitative research with a musicological approach and sound physics. The musicological approach aims to renew knowledge about a understanding of harmony in the Gamelan, and the sound physics approach is to study the frequency of Balinese Gamelan tunes which can be an important element in the Gamelan harmony system.