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How to play Gambuh Menyanyi with Gendang
Let's watch how the full song is performed by a real life Gamelan group...
Gambuh Menyanyi Playback by Kumpulan Kesenian Anjung Tradisi
Song Background
Gambuh Menyanyi is an advisory poem or haiku. In Malay, we call it ‘pantun nasihat’. This pantun nasihat was directed towards Raden Galuh. The dance for Gambuh Menyanyi is dead now and has been long forgotten by society. Despite not being preserved like other traditional dances, the song and the lyrics still remain in our culture today. The pantun nasihat is as follows:
Puaslah sudah Raden menanam padi,
Nenaslah juga Raden ditanam orang,
Puaslah sudah Raden menabur budi,
Emaslah juga Raden dipandang orang.
Selat Melaka Raden airnya tenang,
Banyak berlabuh Raden perahu Bugis,
Jangan disangka Raden hidupku senang,
Dalam ketawa Raden aku menangis.
Kalau begitu Raden diwaktu senja,
Janganlah lupa Raden pulang segera,
Kalaulah hidup Raden tidak berharga,
Dihina orang Raden sepanjang masa.
Playing Gambuh Menyanyi with Gendang
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Playing the full song with and without a metronome ( 80 bpm )
The sign of ‘[: - - - -:]’ in the song means that the line will repeat for two times. The repetition will be determined by the number of the dot or ‘:’
If the number of the dots is three, then the line will be repeated three times.
Gambuh Menyanyi Tutorial Video
Now let's watch the tutorial on how to play Gambuh Menyanyi on Gendang.
The link for the full syllabus playlist can be found here.
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