" This CD was recorded by walter Quintus at pura bale batur, kamasan, klungkung,bali,Indonesia,in September 1991. It containts four gending(pieces) in three different saih (modes): gending lasem, saih selisir (23’28”); gending tembung, saih tembung(19’04) ;gending tabuh gari, saih selisir (10’42’) ;gending unduk, saih baro(10’18”). The performing group is sekaa semar pegulingan saih pitu from kamasan village, directed by I Wayan Sumendra . The term semar pegulingan consists of two words:semar, the god of love, often called samara; and pegulingan , wich means “ bad chamber” in Balinese. Semar pegulingan, thus, mean” love music for the badroom.” Another understanding of the name is “ music for ecstasy.” Saih pitu means that this gamelan uses the seven-tone pelog scale, one of the tuning systems in traditional Balinese music." (ISI Denpasar)
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