Langgam jawa

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.

Music of Indonesia
Kempul gongs from Java
Genres
Classical Kecak Kecapi suling Tembang sunda Pop Indo Dance-pop Dangdut Hip hop Kroncong Gambang kromong Tanjidor Gambus Jaipongan Langgam jawa Celempungan Pop Batak Pop Minang Pop Sunda Qasidah modern Rock Tapanuli ogong
Specific forms
Gamelan Angklung Talempong Beleganjur Degung Gambang Gender Wayang Gong gede Gong kebyar Jegog Joged bumbung Salendro Selunding Semar pegulingan Melayu Sasando Saluang Suling Kendang Gendang beleq Gordang sambilan Kulintang
Regional music
Bali Borneo Java Moluccan Islands Papua Sulawesi Sumatra Sunda

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 Andjar Any. 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.

External links

• Smithsonian Folkways Recordings