pelogn.
/ˈpɛlɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈpɛləɡ/ The heptatonic scale used in Javanese (esp. gamelan) music, and also in Sundanese music.
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1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. viii. 471 The gámelan pélog..usually accompanies the recitation of the popular poems of the country.
1884 Proc. Royal Soc. 37 378 Pelog and Dantsoe..are only given from our own observations.
1957 New Oxf. Hist. Mus. I. iii. 166 A recent study has shown that both slendro and pelog are essentially non-equidistant scale-systems.
2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 119/2 For outdoor ceremonies loud ensembles in the pelog scale were played in specially-built pavilions.
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