The Wandering Mystics of Zool
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Legend
) = Kenong
( = Kempul
( ) = Gong
Kora ostinato
5 5 5 5 5 5
LH ..i..i.i.i.i..i.
RH 1...5.7.2.5.7...
Irama dadi
|--------| |--------|
.65. 2.53 .1.2 .653 .1.5) 32.3 .765 .2.5)
|----------------|
3.12 .367 65.5) 653. 542(1)
|--------| |--------|
.76. 3.65 .2.5 3.1. 2.65) 3.76 5.32 1.65)
|----------------|
.2.5 3.67 65.5) 653. 542(1)
|--------| |--------|
.2.6 53.1 .532 .3.7 65.2) .653 .2.1 .565)
|----------------|
3.54 2156 53.3) 532. 321(6)
Kora should be tuned to something approximating the West African 7-tone
scale. Elaborating instruments should play only during the bracketed
gatras. Kora "down beat" should line up with the 2nd and 4 th beats in
the gamelan.