Abstract :
Thesis of this artwork tries to present and analyze the gending kendhangan
of garap iringan pakeliran with the following vocabularies: Onang-onang,
Kasatriyan and Embat-embat Penjalin. The two issues posed in the thesis of art
are: (1) how the garap kendhangan of each gending: and (2) why the three
gending repertoires are presented 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 thourgh literature study ,
document study, and interviews with a number of karawitan artists.
The results of the research show that gendhing Pakeliran Onang-onang,
Kasatriyan, and Embat-embat Penjalin have different forms and types, including:
gendhing, ketawang, and ladrang. Each of these gending has distinctive
character and taste, besides, it also has different kind, sekaran, wiledan, and
sense of kendhangan. The three there gending repertoires, essentially, are not
gending sequences that are tied in one unity of javanese garap pakeliran nyanga.
There are many pieces that can be presented in accompaniment of pakeliran jejer
sanga pisan, but what is suitable for the heavenly scene kahyangan is onangonng,
and Embat-embat penjalin. It is meant to produce the various shapes,
types, sekaran, wiledan, and sense of kendhangan in a single concert of
karawitan.