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How to Play Timang Burung (Pecah) with Saron
Let's watch how the full song is performed by Sanggar Kirana...
Timang Burung Music Sheet
Song Background
This song is inspired by Hikayat Panji Semirang. It evokes the lovers’ tale of Raden Galuh Chendera Kirana and Raden Inu Karpati. Having run away from the royal palace, Chendera Kirana, alone and dejected, takes a breather in the forest. Thinking of her lost love, she plays with her beloved pet bird that can dance.
In the Joget Gamelan Timang Burung, every movement emulates the graceful movement of a bird in flight or at rest, exuding simple joy and serenity.
Applying different techniques in Timang Burung for Saron
To play the song Timang Burung using saron, there are two types of techniques, namely single and double. The single technique will be applied while playing the saron baron and saron demung. Meanwhile, to play saron pekin we must play using double technique. In this lesson, we will learn how to play traditional songs using double techniques.
Basically, the way to play this double technique is to play twice every note written on the score.
FIRST EXAMPLE:
You have to play like:
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The example above shows how to play the first line of Timang Burung applying the double technique. As we know, we need to play twice for every note written on the score. The first hit is onbeat and the second hit is offbeat. The number on the ‘Beat’ row represents the on beat while the ‘&’ symbol represents the offbeat.
IMPORTANT to know that the note before the rest which being highlight with yellow circles needs to be played only once.
SECOND EXAMPLE:
You have to play like:
This second example above shows how to play with the double technique when there are quaver notes (the notes with a line on it). The method to play these parts is you don’t need to double hit the note but just play as usual.
This double technique using saron is very useful to play a traditional song especially for saron peking. Although this technique can be applied to all traditional song, there is some part of the song need to play differently such as the first 2 bars in Topeng:
Playing Line By Line
1st Line
2nd Line
3rd Line
4th Line
Playing the full song with and without a metronome ( 80 bpm )
Timang Burung Tutorial Video
Now let's watch the tutorial on how to play Timang Burung (Pecah) on Saron.
The link for the full syllabus playlist can be found here.
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