Kempyang and ketuk

Kempyang and ketuk

Classification	Percussion instrument Idiophone Gong
Developed	Indonesia

The kempyang and ketuk are two instruments in the gamelan ensemble of Indonesia, generally played by the same player, and sometimes played by the same player as the kenong. They are important beat-keepers in the colotomic structure of the gamelan. Depending on the structure, they play different, repeating patterns every gongan. Not all structures use the kempyang, but the kempyang is never played without the ketuk.^[1]

They are shaped like bonang, but are generally placed in their own frame (rancak). The kempyang is pitched higher (about one octave, although it depends if they are in the pelog or slendro set. Both have a central boss like the bonang, but the kempyang has a rounder top (like the higher bonangs), while the ketuk has a flat top (like the lower bonangs).

In the common numerical notation, kempyang strokes are marked by "-" while the ketuk is marked by "+". The ketuk pattern is used to classify longer gendhing types, where it refers to the number of ketuk strokes in a nongan.

See also

• Gamelan
• Bonang
• Kempul
• Music of Indonesia
• Music of Java

References

Further reading

• Titon, Jeff Todd, Timothy Cooley, and David Locke. Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples. Belmont: Clark Baxter, 2009.

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• t
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Gamelan

Theory

• Pelog
• Slendro
• Pathet
• Cengkok
• Seleh
• Sekaran
• Imbal & kotekan
• Gatra
• Colotomy
  • Gendhing structures
• Irama
• Gamelan notation

Genres &
ensembles

• American gamelan
• Angklung gamelan
• Bebonangan gamelan
• Beleganjur gamelan
• Degung gamelan
• Gadhon gamelan
• Gambang gamelan
• Gender wayang gamelan
• Gong gede gamelan
• Gong kebyar gamelan
• Gong Si Bolong
• Jegog gamelan
• Joged bumbung gamelan
• Malay gamelan
• Munggang gamelan
• Salendro gamelan
• Sekaten gamelan
• Selunding gamelan
• Semar pegulingan gamelan
• Siteran gamelan
• Surakartan gamelan

Musicians

• K. P. H. Notoprojo
• Nartosabdo
• Martopangrawit
• Rahayu Supanggah
• Sumarsam
• I Nyoman Windha
• Evan Ziporyn
• Gamelan Sekar Jaya
• Gamelan Son of Lion
• List of U.S. gamelan ensembles
• Michael Tenzer

Instruments

Colotomic or phrase-making	Gong Gong ageng Kempul Kempyang Kenong Ketuk
Balungan or melody	Bonang Bonang barung Bonang panerus Bonang panembung Saron Saron peking Saron panerus Saron barung Saron demung Slentem Slentho
Panerusan or elaborating	Gambang Gender Gender panerus Rebab Siter Celempung Suling
Unpitched	Bedug Kecer Kemanak Kendang Kendang gending Kendang ciblon Kendang ketipung Kepyak
Vocals and clapping	Gerongan Sindenan Pesinden Alok Senggakan Keplok