Talempong orchestra
Talempong orchestra is an Indonesian orchestra that uses the diatonic scale, played on Minang instruments.[1] This orchestra is formed by the Conservatory Minang in Padang Panjang in 1960.[1][2][3] Most of the instruments used in this orchestra are metallophone and idiophone (similar to kolenang in West Java gamelan), including the namesake instrument talempong.[1][2] Talempong orchestra plays Minang song like Tak Tontong and other traditional songs.[2]
Disposition of players
[edit]- Very front: a conductor[2]
- First row: saluang, bangsi, drums and tanburun players[2]
- Second row: four talempong players-jawo xylofon types (similar to the gamelan saron). Playing in tone d, e, fis, g, a, b, cis, d[2]
- Third row: three talempong players who play the tone cis, d, e, fis, g, a, b, cis, d[2]
- Fourth row: three talempong players[2]
- Fifth row: the gong player who uses the gong with the barrel as, d, a[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Margaret J. Kartom (2012). Musical Journeys in Sumatra. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0252036712.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ichtiar Baru Van Hoeve. Ensiklopedi Indonesia. PT Ichtiar Baru van Hoeve.
- ^ "The Sustainability and Evolution of Talempong: Pluralism in Minangkabau Gong Practices". Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art. Retrieved 2024-03-20.