gamelan group
Marsudi Raras

Nederlandse versie

Book

The book the Javanese gamelan by Francis van Kruining has been written in the first place for beginning gemalen players. It gives insight into the formal structures of javanese gamelan and the techniques of playing the instruments. For more experienced players there is also a wealth of information. Different playing techniques and other useful information have been brought together in an orderly manner. Much of the information will also be useful to interested listeners to the music.

At the moment the book is only available in dutch (download PDF, 50 pages, 14MB). We are working on a translation into English. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.

For people who do not read dutch and for more advanced players the book A Gamelan Manual by Richard Pickvance is highly recommended.