Salendro 5 Tones

Salendro is one of the two tunings that ensemble instruments are tuned to in a Sundanese Gamelan Pelog Salendro. Salendro is a pentatonic scale with note names: S (Singgul)-G (Galimer)-P (Panelu)-L (Loloran)-T (Tugu). 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. Salendro usually functions as the main tuning played by the ensemble, and is the basis for other tunings (except Pelog), including "multi-scale" tunings used by soloists. 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 black keys on a MIDI piano if using "Black Keys Only" in a Track's MIDI Controller Layout within Live.

An example of a traditional Salendro-tuned gamelan work can be heard in the video link: Karatagan Sawilet Wayang Golek‍. In contemporary gamelan works, Salendro tunings are often used. One example is the Dutch composer Roderik de Man in the work Orkes Bercahaya‍.