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== Summary ==
Javanese gamelan names several ensemble and repertory traditions whose layered instruments, voices and learned relationships create a distinctive musical world. Central Javanese court traditions are especially internationally familiar, but village, theatrical and eastern Javanese practices also matter. Gamelan refers to an instrument set as well as the performance associated with it. The music is therefore more than a transferable list of pitches or a metallic timbre. Its cultural identity rests in how people coordinate roles, interpret repertory and make musical time meaningful within particular occasions. <ref name="susilo-java">[https://gamelan.org/library/writings/susiloessay.html Toward an Appreciation of Javanese Gamelan — Hardja Susilo].</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==
Gamelan continues through ceremonies, theatre, concerts, schools, community rehearsal, radio and new composition. Older repertories and contemporary works coexist, and professional artistry is supported by much wider everyday participation. Overseas ensembles add meaningful teaching and collaborative relationships without displacing the Javanese heartland. Gamelan Wellington's account explicitly places courtly cities beside village tradition and describes a long-standing Aotearoa ensemble. Such communities are sustained through regular learning and exchange, not just occasional visiting concerts. The tradition is living because people keep making decisions about sound, interaction and repertory in changing circumstances. <ref name="wellington-gamelan">[https://gamelan.org.nz/about-gamelan/ About Gamelan — Gamelan Wellington].</ref>

== History ==
Javanese musical histories include courts, villages, religious occasions and performance networks whose relationships changed across political and colonial periods. Surakarta and Yogyakarta became consequential centers with distinct cultivated approaches. Other regional practices complicate any single island-wide account. Recording and formal arts education later supplied additional channels of transmission, while master musicians worked across local and international settings. The result is not one ancient sound preserved unchanged. Instrument sets, repertory and interpretive conventions carry histories, but each performance depends on people learning and renewing the relationships through which that knowledge becomes audible.

== Musical characteristics ==
Listen to different rates of melodic motion within a shared larger cycle. Some instruments articulate a comparatively clear framework, others elaborate or mark structural points, and drums help guide changes of tempo and character. Singing, rebab and flute can contribute other kinds of motion and color. Susilo's discussion shows that roles can change with context rather than being rigidly assigned forever. Slendro and pelog are tuning frameworks with local realizations, not exact equivalents of standard piano scales. Following a returning gong point can make an initially unfamiliar layered texture increasingly legible. <ref name="susilo-java" />

== Geography and communities ==
Central and eastern Java form broad connected source landscapes, including rural communities between celebrated courts and cities. Two overlapping fields preserve an elongated geography without claiming that every Javanese district follows one style. Western Java's Sundanese and Cirebonese histories require their own distinctions. Smaller detached fields represent selected international teaching communities, including Aotearoa and parts of North America and Europe. These are deliberately weaker than the source landscape. A map of university addresses alone would misrepresent the music, just as a single national Indonesian circle would erase regional diversity.

== Artists ==
K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat, Martopangrawit, Rahayu Supanggah and numerous teachers, singers, drummers and ensemble leaders offer different routes into the tradition. Palace and community ensembles are as appropriate an introduction as a celebrity name. Listen to particular repertories and settings: a concert, a wayang accompaniment and a teaching demonstration organize attention differently. A player heard prominently in one passage may become part of the supporting texture in another. Learning to hear those changing relationships reveals individual artistry within collective sound rather than requiring every performance to foreground a soloist.

== Representative performances ==
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

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| Musicians and dancers of Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat || Bedhaya Sapta and gendhing — Uyon-Uyon Hadiluhung, October 2020 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/yTc2Z9MqhZQ || The Yogyakarta palace's own broadcast lists opening gendhing, soran and the Bedhaya Sapta dance accompaniment in named slendro and pelog modes. It represents a specific court tradition with music and dance, rather than a pan-Indonesian gamelan compilation.<ref name="performance-javanese-gamelan-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTc2Z9MqhZQ Musicians and dancers of Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat — Bedhaya Sapta and gendhing — Uyon-Uyon Hadiluhung, October 2020]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTc2Z9MqhZQ Existing recording] || Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="yTc2Z9MqhZQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yTc2Z9MqhZQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yTc2Z9MqhZQ" field="authentic" />
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| Nusantara Arts gamelan ensemble || Ladrang Wilujeng — pélog lima || https://www.youtube.com/embed/oN3daVMIoMI || The ensemble's 360-degree klenengan performance offers direct listening to Javanese gamelan. The description corrects the on-screen mode label to pélog lima; this selection follows that correction rather than repeating the title card's error.<ref name="performance-javanese-gamelan-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN3daVMIoMI Nusantara Arts gamelan ensemble — Ladrang Wilujeng — pélog lima]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN3daVMIoMI Existing recording] || Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="oN3daVMIoMI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="oN3daVMIoMI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="oN3daVMIoMI" field="authentic" />
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| Abdi Dalem gamelan musicians, Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat || Gendhing Ricik-Ricik, Laras Pelog, Pathet Barang, Kendhangan Ladrang,  || https://www.youtube.com/embed/BIwMRvcooEA || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Kholis Pengrawit Channel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIwMRvcooEA Gendhing Ricik-Ricik, Laras Pelog, Pathet Barang, Kendhangan Ladrang, ].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIwMRvcooEA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Kholis Pengrawit Channel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="BIwMRvcooEA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BIwMRvcooEA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BIwMRvcooEA" field="authentic" />
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| Kulonprogo karawitan musicians (uncredited) || Gending Ladrang Kumandang Pelog Barang || https://www.youtube.com/embed/UxS7G8LGiYU || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Ismawan S chanel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-10-08. Video publication: 2026-10-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxS7G8LGiYU Gending Ladrang Kumandang Pelog Barang].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-10-08 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxS7G8LGiYU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Ismawan S chanel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-10-08. || <muglobe-flag video="UxS7G8LGiYU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="UxS7G8LGiYU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="UxS7G8LGiYU" field="authentic" />
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| Karawitaning Smalabsa, SMA Labschool Unesa || 11_SMA Labschool Unesa_Lomba Karawitan_OLIMPAR#15 UGM 2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/J9iJAZ1goCc || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9iJAZ1goCc 11_SMA Labschool Unesa_Lomba Karawitan_OLIMPAR#15 UGM 2026].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9iJAZ1goCc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="J9iJAZ1goCc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="J9iJAZ1goCc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="J9iJAZ1goCc" field="authentic" />
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| Margo Budoyo Giri Laras || Jineman uler kambang gending karawitan jawa klasik Margo Budoyo Giri Laras || https://www.youtube.com/embed/uQSyreO3fR4 || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: TRANS Budaya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQSyreO3fR4 Jineman uler kambang gending karawitan jawa klasik Margo Budoyo Giri Laras].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQSyreO3fR4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: TRANS Budaya. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="uQSyreO3fR4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uQSyreO3fR4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uQSyreO3fR4" field="authentic" />
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| Seni Karawitan Ngudi Laras || KEBOGIRO MALAM FULL - SENI KARAWITAN "NGUDI LARAS" TERBARU 2026 - AUDIO DEVIKA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/HkiiiVMsQV4 || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: DJON MUSIC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkiiiVMsQV4 KEBOGIRO MALAM FULL - SENI KARAWITAN "NGUDI LARAS" TERBARU 2026 - AUDIO DEVIKA].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkiiiVMsQV4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: DJON MUSIC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="HkiiiVMsQV4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="HkiiiVMsQV4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="HkiiiVMsQV4" field="authentic" />
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| Kraton Yogyakarta gamelan musicians || Gamelan Sekaten Keraton Yogyakarta Kyahi Gunturmadu || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z0h8ltWomw0 || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Ismawan S chanel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0h8ltWomw0 Gamelan Sekaten Keraton Yogyakarta Kyahi Gunturmadu].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0h8ltWomw0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Ismawan S chanel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Z0h8ltWomw0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Z0h8ltWomw0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Z0h8ltWomw0" field="authentic" />
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| Laras Gending Yustisia, Fakultas Hukum UGM || Laras Gending Yustisia &#124; Festival Karawitan Dies Natalis Fakultas Filsafat ke-58 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/BTXEkYOACcE || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Filsafat UGM. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTXEkYOACcE Laras Gending Yustisia &#124; Festival Karawitan Dies Natalis Fakultas Filsafat ke-58].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTXEkYOACcE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Filsafat UGM. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="BTXEkYOACcE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BTXEkYOACcE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BTXEkYOACcE" field="authentic" />
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| Paguyuban Kuda Kepang Condong Raos || Enak didengar!!Gending Pembuka Ricik Ricik Banyumasan Condong Raos || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gr_mCR47dmw || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: JB EMBEG. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr_mCR47dmw Enak didengar!!Gending Pembuka Ricik Ricik Banyumasan Condong Raos].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr_mCR47dmw Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: JB EMBEG. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Gr_mCR47dmw" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Gr_mCR47dmw" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Gr_mCR47dmw" field="authentic" />
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| Karawitan Putri Mulyo Laras || Senyum manis😊bonangan cantik Ladrang Asmorondono Gending klasik asli enak 2026 bikin trenyuh cah ayu || https://www.youtube.com/embed/qK6L6A4-KD8 || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: BC TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK6L6A4-KD8 Senyum manis😊bonangan cantik Ladrang Asmorondono Gending klasik asli enak 2026 bikin trenyuh cah ayu].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK6L6A4-KD8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: BC TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="qK6L6A4-KD8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qK6L6A4-KD8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qK6L6A4-KD8" field="authentic" />
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| Ki Nartosabdho and Condong Raos; Nyi Ngatirah; Nyi Maryati || Ki Nartosabdho &amp; Condong Raos Group - Grundelan || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hqfh6gnszoc || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: madrotter. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Archival Ki Nartosabdho recording; recent upload does not establish a new session. Video publication: 2026-04-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqfh6gnszoc Ki Nartosabdho &amp; Condong Raos Group - Grundelan].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqfh6gnszoc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: madrotter. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Archival Ki Nartosabdho recording; recent upload does not establish a new session. || <muglobe-flag video="Hqfh6gnszoc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Hqfh6gnszoc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Hqfh6gnszoc" field="authentic" />
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| Seni Karawitan Argo Laras || LADRANG SRI KALOKO - SENI KARAWITAN "ARGO LARAS" TERBARU 2026 - AUDIO RONA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y-pr6vDIdZE || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: DJON MUSIC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-04-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-pr6vDIdZE LADRANG SRI KALOKO - SENI KARAWITAN "ARGO LARAS" TERBARU 2026 - AUDIO RONA].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-pr6vDIdZE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: DJON MUSIC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Y-pr6vDIdZE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Y-pr6vDIdZE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Y-pr6vDIdZE" field="authentic" />
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| Karawitan Asri Budaya; Turonggo Seto || Gending Jawa nyampleng ASMARANDANA&#124;&#124;karawitan ASRI BUDAYA ft ebeg banyumasan TURONGGO SETO srowot || https://www.youtube.com/embed/-8EzUAvYMW4 || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: DTT Channel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-03-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8EzUAvYMW4 Gending Jawa nyampleng ASMARANDANA&#124;&#124;karawitan ASRI BUDAYA ft ebeg banyumasan TURONGGO SETO srowot].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8EzUAvYMW4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: DTT Channel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="-8EzUAvYMW4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="-8EzUAvYMW4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="-8EzUAvYMW4" field="authentic" />
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| ISI Surakarta Karawitan – Roemning Moelat third ensemble, day 2 || Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji KeTiga - Day 2 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/MnvA1iuNVNI || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. Video publication: 2026-02-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnvA1iuNVNI Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji KeTiga - Day 2].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-01-26/2026-01-27 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnvA1iuNVNI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. || <muglobe-flag video="MnvA1iuNVNI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="MnvA1iuNVNI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="MnvA1iuNVNI" field="authentic" />
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| ISI Surakarta Karawitan – Roemning Moelat fourth ensemble, day 2 || Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji KeEmpat - Day 2 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/SQdrdDNHGJk || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. Video publication: 2026-02-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQdrdDNHGJk Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji KeEmpat - Day 2].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-01-26/2026-01-27 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQdrdDNHGJk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. || <muglobe-flag video="SQdrdDNHGJk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SQdrdDNHGJk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SQdrdDNHGJk" field="authentic" />
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| ISI Surakarta Karawitan – Roemning Moelat third ensemble, day 1 || Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Ketiga - Day 1 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/5K42Pg42UbI || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. Video publication: 2026-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K42Pg42UbI Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Ketiga - Day 1].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-01-26/2026-01-27 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K42Pg42UbI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. || <muglobe-flag video="5K42Pg42UbI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="5K42Pg42UbI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="5K42Pg42UbI" field="authentic" />
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| ISI Surakarta Karawitan – Roemning Moelat fifth ensemble, day 1 || Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Kelima - Day 1 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/a9f0Ctd8KZM || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. Video publication: 2026-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9f0Ctd8KZM Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Kelima - Day 1].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-01-26/2026-01-27 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9f0Ctd8KZM Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. || <muglobe-flag video="a9f0Ctd8KZM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="a9f0Ctd8KZM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="a9f0Ctd8KZM" field="authentic" />
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| ISI Surakarta Karawitan – Roemning Moelat second ensemble, day 1 || Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Kedua - Day 1 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/SCt9BQXNfj0 || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. Video publication: 2026-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCt9BQXNfj0 Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Kedua - Day 1].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-01-26/2026-01-27 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCt9BQXNfj0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. || <muglobe-flag video="SCt9BQXNfj0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SCt9BQXNfj0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SCt9BQXNfj0" field="authentic" />
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| ISI Surakarta Karawitan – Roemning Moelat first ensemble, day 1 || Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Pertama - Day 1 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/k0Nk9BPVS6g || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. Video publication: 2026-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Nk9BPVS6g Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Pertama - Day 1].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-01-26/2026-01-27 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Nk9BPVS6g Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. || <muglobe-flag video="k0Nk9BPVS6g" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="k0Nk9BPVS6g" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="k0Nk9BPVS6g" field="authentic" />
|-
| ISI Surakarta Karawitan – Roemning Moelat fourth ensemble, day 1 || Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji KeEmpat - Day 1 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hj9cBJ8S88U || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. Video publication: 2026-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9cBJ8S88U Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji KeEmpat - Day 1].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-01-26/2026-01-27 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9cBJ8S88U Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. || <muglobe-flag video="Hj9cBJ8S88U" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Hj9cBJ8S88U" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Hj9cBJ8S88U" field="authentic" />
|-
| ISI Surakarta Karawitan – Roemning Moelat second ensemble, day 2 || Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Kedua - Day 2 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/RiW97-7eszg || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. Video publication: 2026-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiW97-7eszg Pertunjukan Karawitan Tradisi Roemning Moelat Penyaji Kedua - Day 2].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2026-01-26/2026-01-27 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiW97-7eszg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: ISI Surakarta Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-26/2026-01-27. Distinct numbered recital presentation, not a classroom instruction video; individual names not supplied. || <muglobe-flag video="RiW97-7eszg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="RiW97-7eszg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="RiW97-7eszg" field="authentic" />
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| Seni Karawitan Sekar Sari || LADRANG ASMORODONO - SENI KARAWITAN "SEKAR SARI" TERBARU 2026 - AN AUDIO || https://www.youtube.com/embed/IPiL_XQ0Akw || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: DJON MUSIC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPiL_XQ0Akw LADRANG ASMORODONO - SENI KARAWITAN "SEKAR SARI" TERBARU 2026 - AN AUDIO].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPiL_XQ0Akw Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: DJON MUSIC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="IPiL_XQ0Akw" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="IPiL_XQ0Akw" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="IPiL_XQ0Akw" field="authentic" />
|-
| Darmono; Kasih Haryono; Mijil Probo Bawono; Evita Wharma; ISI Surakarta recital ensemble || Ladrang Pangkur, Ujian Resital Seni Karawitan Kelompok 9 ISI SURAKARTA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/ueJJNNvLQ8M || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: HIMA Karawitan ISI SURAKARTA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-05-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJJNNvLQ8M Ladrang Pangkur, Ujian Resital Seni Karawitan Kelompok 9 ISI SURAKARTA].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJJNNvLQ8M Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: HIMA Karawitan ISI SURAKARTA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="ueJJNNvLQ8M" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ueJJNNvLQ8M" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ueJJNNvLQ8M" field="authentic" />
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| Karawitan Putri Bantul || Pentas Karawitan Putri Bantul Di Pendopo Parasamya Persembahan Dinas Kebudayaan Kabupaten Bantul || https://www.youtube.com/embed/OoKqlVtfJmI || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Dinas Kebudayaan Kabupaten Bantul. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-04-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoKqlVtfJmI Pentas Karawitan Putri Bantul Di Pendopo Parasamya Persembahan Dinas Kebudayaan Kabupaten Bantul].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoKqlVtfJmI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Dinas Kebudayaan Kabupaten Bantul. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="OoKqlVtfJmI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="OoKqlVtfJmI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="OoKqlVtfJmI" field="authentic" />
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| Karawitan Srikandi Desa Miri || GENDING PANGKUR IROMO LOMBO // KARAWITAN SRIKANDI DS MIRI || https://www.youtube.com/embed/qO-9-V-6a-4 || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: jowo jhekek. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-03-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO-9-V-6a-4 GENDING PANGKUR IROMO LOMBO // KARAWITAN SRIKANDI DS MIRI].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO-9-V-6a-4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: jowo jhekek. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="qO-9-V-6a-4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qO-9-V-6a-4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qO-9-V-6a-4" field="authentic" />
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| Karawitan Condhong Raos; Nyi Supadmi; Nyi Suyatmi; Ki Saguh Hadicarito; Ki Sajuri Totosuhardjo || &#124;&#124; Ki Nartosabdho &#124;&#124; Ladrang Pangkur Sl.9 Karawitan Condhong Raos || https://www.youtube.com/embed/_lJlpOYF5Fk || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Andri Channel official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Archival Ki Nartosabdho recording; recent upload does not establish a new session. Video publication: 2021-05-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lJlpOYF5Fk &#124;&#124; Ki Nartosabdho &#124;&#124; Ladrang Pangkur Sl.9 Karawitan Condhong Raos].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lJlpOYF5Fk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Andri Channel official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Archival Ki Nartosabdho recording; recent upload does not establish a new session. || <muglobe-flag video="_lJlpOYF5Fk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="_lJlpOYF5Fk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="_lJlpOYF5Fk" field="authentic" />
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| Uyon-uyon Wargo Laras || Ladrang Pangkur Uyon-uyon WARGO LARAS kembali Bangkit berkreativitas untuk Seni dan Budaya || https://www.youtube.com/embed/moEoTuW720I || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: AJEG MANTRI. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-11-12. Video publication: 2020-11-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moEoTuW720I Ladrang Pangkur Uyon-uyon WARGO LARAS kembali Bangkit berkreativitas untuk Seni dan Budaya].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2020-11-12 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moEoTuW720I Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: AJEG MANTRI. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-11-12. || <muglobe-flag video="moEoTuW720I" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="moEoTuW720I" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="moEoTuW720I" field="authentic" />
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| Nanang Bayuaji; Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun || Ladrang Pangkur (Nanang Bayuaji &amp; Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/NEn6RmCKj5A || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-05-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEn6RmCKj5A Ladrang Pangkur (Nanang Bayuaji &amp; Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun)].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEn6RmCKj5A Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Wahyu Thoyyib Pambayun. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="NEn6RmCKj5A" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="NEn6RmCKj5A" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="NEn6RmCKj5A" field="authentic" />
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| SMKN 8 / SMKI Surakarta Karawitan students || Ladrang PANGKUR PADHANG BULAN kalajengaken  Ktw  Pangkur Asih Prana, Lrs  Pl  Pt  Barang || https://www.youtube.com/embed/AbtHuILco0E || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Xojel Indriyanto, S.Sn.. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-12-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbtHuILco0E Ladrang PANGKUR PADHANG BULAN kalajengaken  Ktw  Pangkur Asih Prana, Lrs  Pl  Pt  Barang].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbtHuILco0E Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Xojel Indriyanto, S.Sn.. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="AbtHuILco0E" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="AbtHuILco0E" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="AbtHuILco0E" field="authentic" />
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| SMKN 8 / SMKI Surakarta Karawitan students || Gendhing mat-matan Ldr Pangkur Sumbangsih P6, Karawitan SMKI Surakarta (kel 8) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/BQ-OyucLrmQ || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Xojel Indriyanto, S.Sn.. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014. Video publication: 2014-11-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ-OyucLrmQ Gendhing mat-matan Ldr Pangkur Sumbangsih P6, Karawitan SMKI Surakarta (kel 8)].</ref> || classical || unknown || 2014 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ-OyucLrmQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Xojel Indriyanto, S.Sn.. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014. || <muglobe-flag video="BQ-OyucLrmQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BQ-OyucLrmQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BQ-OyucLrmQ" field="authentic" />
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| Javanese karawitan musicians (uncredited) || LDR PANGKUR MG PALARAN SL9 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Y1XTLPoLOY || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Bram Palgunadi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-10-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1XTLPoLOY LDR PANGKUR MG PALARAN SL9].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1XTLPoLOY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Javanese gamelan musical recording. Source: Bram Palgunadi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="0Y1XTLPoLOY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0Y1XTLPoLOY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0Y1XTLPoLOY" field="authentic" />
|}

== Related genres ==
Sundanese and Balinese gamelan share selected instrument and historical relationships but have independent conventions. Wayang, dance and Javanese song practices supply connected social and musical worlds, while contemporary composition explores further possibilities. The useful listening question is how coordinated difference creates continuity: several parts move at different rates yet recognize a common destination. Density can change without losing the larger form. That approach makes the music accessible on its own terms and avoids treating a gamelan as merely an exotic percussion orchestra waiting to be compared with another tradition.

=== References and further reading ===
<references />

* [https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/gamelan-01607 Gamelan, UNESCO]

* [https://folkways.si.edu/music-of-indonesia-series Music of Indonesia series, Smithsonian Folkways]

== Hotspot mushrooms ==
Connected central and eastern Javanese community/court/theatre landscapes, with rural continuity rather than isolated palace peaks. Selected detached international teaching cultures appear weaker and do not redefine the source geography.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

{| class="wikitable muglobe-hotspots"
|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes

|-
| javanese-gamelan-central || Central Javanese Gamelan landscape || -7.3 || 110.5 || 650 || 1 || Broad community cultural landscape including linked settlements and their hinterland; radius and strength are editorial illustrations rather than audience measurements.

|-
| javanese-gamelan-east || Eastern Javanese Gamelan landscape || -7.5 || 112.7 || 550 || 0.9 || Broad community cultural landscape including linked settlements and their hinterland; radius and strength are editorial illustrations rather than audience measurements.

|-
| javanese-gamelan-nz || Aotearoa Javanese Gamelan teaching circuit || -41.3 || 174.8 || 400 || 0.35 || Broad community cultural landscape including linked settlements and their hinterland; radius and strength are editorial illustrations rather than audience measurements.

|-
| javanese-gamelan-california || Californian Javanese Gamelan teaching circuit || 36 || -119 || 650 || 0.3 || Broad community cultural landscape including linked settlements and their hinterland; radius and strength are editorial illustrations rather than audience measurements.

|-
| javanese-gamelan-europe || Northwestern European Javanese Gamelan teaching circuit || 52 || 4 || 650 || 0.3 || Broad community cultural landscape including linked settlements and their hinterland; radius and strength are editorial illustrations rather than audience measurements.

|}