Kepyak

The Kepyak is a percussion instrument played by the dalang (puppeteer) of a wayang performance in Java, Indonesia. It is a struck idiophone consisting of several bronze or iron plates attached by strings (in Surakarta) or a single plate (in Yogyakarta), which the dalang plays with a small mallet held between the toes of his right foot. It is placed on the side of the keprak, a wooden box which can also be played directly. The kepyak can also be played with a mallet (cempala), either in the hand in dance performance, or in the foot in wayang. The kepyak used in dance performances is smaller than that used in wayang. The use of the kepyak is called kepyakan.

It is used to signal cues to the gamelan to begin or end pieces, or change tempo or pathet. It has a distinctive sound which can be heard quite clearly during performance.

External links

• Illustration of dalang playing kepyak

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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

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