Abstract :
This thesis of an artwork tries to present and analyze the kendhangan
gending of garap patalon with the following vocabularies: Lobong, Kinanthi,
Kembang Pépé, Sri Kacaryan, Ayak-Ayak Sinom, Srepeg Palaran Pangkur
Paripurna Laras Sléndro Pathet Manyura. The two issues posed in this thesis of
art are: (1) how the garap kendhangan of each gending: and (2) why the five
gending repertoires are presented in sequence in a unity of garap karawitan.
These two issues are reviewed based on the musical rules of kendhangan, pathet
concept, and padhang ulihan concepts. The data was collected through a
literature study, document study, and interviews with a number of karawitan
artists.
The results of the research show that gendhing Lobong, Kinanthi, Kembang
Pépé, Sri Kacaryan, Ayak-Ayak Sinom, Srepeg Palaran Pangkur Paripurna Laras
Sléndro Pathet Manyura have different forms and types, including: gendhing,
ladrang, ayak-ayak, and srepeg. Each of these gending has a distinctive
character and sanse of life, as well as, different kinds of sekaran, wiledan, and
different taste of kendhangan. Especially the first there gending repertoires,
essentially are not gending sequences that are tied in one unity of javanese garap
karawitan. The diversity of these gending and kendhangan characters is
integrated into one sequence of presentation. It is meant to produce the various
shapes, types, sekaran, wiledan, and sense of kendhangan in a single concert of
karawitan.