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slendro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
slen-dro
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Usage

Questions

What does slendro mean?
A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.
Where does slendro come from?
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.

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