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slendro

slendro noun: a pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.

Noun

slendro (uncountable)

  1. A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.

Origin of slendro

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro). In Javanese the term is said to derive either from "Sailendra", the name of the ruling family in the eighth and ninth centuries when Borobudur was built, or from its earlier being given by the god Sang Hyang Hendra.

Questions about slendro

What does slendro mean?
Slendro means a pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.
What part of speech is slendro?
Slendro is a noun.

Words near slendro in the dictionary

  1. slenderizing
  2. slenderly
  3. slenderness
  4. slendernesses
  5. slenders
  6. slendro
  7. Slendy
  8. slent
  9. slented
  10. slentem
  11. slentems

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