Langgam jawa

Various hanging Gongs (gong ageng, gong suwukan, kempul) of Javanese Gamelan in Indonesia
Music of Indonesia
Genres
Kecapi suling Tembang sunda Kecak Pop Indo Hip hop Dangdut Campursari Kroncong Langgam jawa Celempungan Gambang kromong Tanjidor Gambus Jaipongan Pop Sunda Qasidah modern Rock
Specific forms
Angklung Beleganjur Degung Gamelan Gambang Gender Wayang Gong gede Gong kebyar Jegog Joged bumbung Karinding Kendang Kolintang Kulintang Salendro Selunding Semar pegulingan Surakarta Gendang beleq Gordang sambilan Suling Talempong Tarawangsa Tifa totobuang
Regional music
Bali Java Sumatra Sundanese Minangkabau
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Langgam jawa is a regional form of Indonesian kroncong music most often associated with the city of Surakarta (Solo). As is the case with traditional kroncong music, langgam jawa utilizes a variety of non-native instruments, such as the flute, guitar, ukulele, cello and violin. However, these instruments are performed using a seven-tone Javanese gamelan scale known as pelog. The cello typically plays the role of a gamelan ciblon drum, with the performer slowly plucking or slapping the strings in a percussive fashion.

Langgam jawa's roots can be traced back to kroncong ensambles going back to the 1920s, but emerged as a style of its own in the 1950s. Among the leading exponents of the style is . He and his ensemble, Orkes Kroncong Bintang Nusantara, are said to have composed over 2000 songs in the langgam jawa style.

See also[]

• Gamelan
• Kroncong
• Music of Java
• Music of Indonesia

References[]

• Source: Indonesian Popular Music: Kroncong, Dangdut and Langgam Jawa. Philip Yampolsky, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1991.^{[page needed]}

External links[]

• Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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