Pelog 7 Tones

Pelog is one of the two tunings that ensemble instruments are tuned to in a Sundanese Gamelan Pelog Salendro. In traditional Sundanese music repertoire, though a Gamelan Pelog Salendro has instruments tuned to Pelog and Salendro, the two tunings are never used simultaneously, except for being used interchangeably in cases of modulation. Pelog is a seven notes (septatonic) scale with note names: S (Singgul)-G (Galimer)-P (Panelu)-U (Bungur)-L (Loloran)-T (Tugu)-O (Sorog). Although Pelog has seven tones in principle, and all are included here in this preset, in practice Pelog is always based on five tones (pentatonic). In Sundanese music, Pelog is divided into three pentatonic scales: namely Jawar, Liwung, and Sorog. Only one of those five tone scales will be used at a time. See A Guide to Sundanese Gamelan Tuning‍ for more information.

The Ableton tuning library includes examples based on recordings from two Pelog Salendro gamelans. The base note of Gamelan Pelog Salendro TBN, tuned in a Javanese style, is Tugu=472Hz, while Gamelan Kyai Kangjeng Fatahillah from Bandung (KF) is tuned lower in a more traditional Sundanese style with Tugu=451Hz.

Gamelan to-be-named (TBN)

Gamelan Kyai Kangjeng Fatahillah (KF)

The above will match the white keys on a MIDI piano if using "White Keys Only" in a Track's MIDI Controller Layout within Live.