306 Kempul Pelog 6 Harder

Kempul, small sized hanging gongs. The kempul is played with a round, padded beater, a smaller size of the gong-type beater. In fast moving kempul playing, damping with the beater is required. Like the kenong, the kempul subdivides the melodic flow of the gendhing into musical phrases. It is played at points of secondary importance in the gendhing melody (the kenong plays at the primarily important points). In relation to the gendhing melody, the kempul may play the same note as the balungan; occasionally, it may anticipate the following balungan note; sometimes, it plays a note which forms a kempyung interval with the balungan note, to enhance the feeling of the pathet. The instrument was borrowed from the Haus der Indonesischen Kulturen – Rumah Budaya Indonesia – (RBI) in Berlin, performed by Bilawa Ade Respati and recorded by Rabih Beaini at Morphine Raum in Berlin in May 2023.