Pelog 101: Fundamentals in Pelog

In the next installment of our educational series, Ruth Felicia walks us through the basics of Pelog. |
Indonesian Cultural Night: LEGENDA
Berklee Performance Center | October 2, 2019
#RoadToLEGENDA

[@josephkeli]

The most underrated scales/modes in my opinion. Thank you so much for this. Also check out Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies's Pelog:Moonsong for a cool psych-rock/pop interpretation of pelog!

[@jacksmith3229]

Awesome.

[@raidarthegunwizard4520]

We need the full version of that Pelog Tembung tune.

[@wantanmee8716]

I look up Pelog mode following Adam Kadmon's book for guitar and came across your video. Very nice demo on the scale tonality.

[@matthewkiepert2055]

Thank you! Wonderfull video!

[@dankro279]

Thank you for clearing this up for us. I started enjoying Gamelan music only recently and wanted to know more of the harmonic theory behind it. I found your video very helpful!!

[@choqirn8365]

So enriching. Thank you..

[@nilsonhortenciobarbosa8788]

Very good, thanks!

[@roniwinanda4207]

Thanks sister,
I've got new..

[@Veltricia]

Thank you very much for this! 🙏

[@patrickmccolloster6328]

Very useful video for figuring out transfers to keyboard for Java Gamelan music .

[@fambakker]

the last Modes .. with b5 .. you said for Locrian and Mixolydian ... did you mean Lydian not Mixolydian ? thnk b4 .. great lesson ..thanks..

[@phonemkchuang2434]

In Burmese music, we also use similar scale.
Burmese harp is sometimes turned in
GBCEFGBCEFGBCDFG scale

[@Koropokel]

reminds me of the way Misha Alperin improvised on his piano. may he rest in peace.

[@8986kaba]

Very interesting video that helped me a lot. I didn't realize yet that there could be a relation to the western modi. Thank you.

[@huncauac2808]

Thank You!!

[@ytharper66]

Bagus sekali!

[@КириллЮсупов-ъ7у]

Прекрасное объяснение! Я не люблю джаз, но я люблю классику🙏 подскажите, а как научиться ритму?

[@FirstLightAdv]

Mind is blown

[@JeanMartinNainggolan]

Wah, njowo-english

[@norortvel]

The third mode on the mixolidian mode doesn’t sound wright.

[@May-jw5kv]

wow!!

[@anselmjulian9148]

I have a question.the singkong and keju song is also consider in pelog scale

[@boymj]

great

[@najatahammada7200]

keren kak yakin

[@NewArchipelago]

Awesome

[@fredadsouza5591]

So helpful!!!

[@henryhutabarat5841]

ce kasih judul lagu yg kamu mainin dong

[@mitmon_8538]

Great, now I gotta go find my Guruh Gipsy music... : )

[@huncauac2808]

Its me or first she say: Tembung with 2b and then 2nd natural, same for Sumaren, natural 5th and at the end say that it flavor is the 5b ??? How it works? Thanks

[@danielhutchinson2133]

She shifted all three to the same root after first explaining where they sit on the pelog - hope that helps.

[@stever1514]

So weird to hear these starting on C. It's like a step or a step and a half flat from normal balinese tuning. I've always been perplexed at why the 1 of the scale is set where it is when the 6 sounds more like the tonic root. But I guess the system is set by whoever started it 100 years ago.

[@edoschfirdaus8754]

▶️🔊🔊🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵◀️

[@flyaway6646]

I've listened to Gamelan and it's not tempered.

[@willthomson8236]

this is due to the tuning system not fitting into western tuning i think. but surely we can take inspiration from the compositional approaches and translate this onto a keyboard.

[@nuryasin5431]

Wis Inggris, aku ra paham musik neh. Tapi tertarik. 😅

[@wyvernofhefei8712]

Angger dirasakno ae mas ngko lak paham dewe 🤣

[@pdonkgtr007]

mantap..knapa gak pake bahasa Indonesia also aja kak biar Indonesian student maybe will understand better yg masih cilek2🥰🥰🥰

[@nurrasyid14_]

Because she's wanted to show it to the world, not just Indonesia

[@qzhukhi]

😂😂😂 this is very thick with java

[@scorpiistar]

but the piano is out of tune 🙃