Laras
A tuning system: the set of pitches a gamelan is tuned to. Two are in use, and instruments of one cannot be played with the other.
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Pathet
The modal system within a tuning: which tones may end a phrase, which are avoided, and where in a night-long performance a piece belongs.
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Pelog
A tuning system of seven tones with unequal steps, from which five are selected for any one piece, heard as tense beside slendro.
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Slendro
A tuning system of five tones spaced in near-equal steps across the octave, heard as open and even.
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