ART OF JAVA MUSIK

GAMELAN JAVA AND THE YOUNG GENERATION

1. Development of Art Karawitan
Javanese gamelan is a set of instruments as a musical statement that is often referred to as musicians. Karawitan comes from Javanese pepper, which means complicated, convoluted, but the pepper also means smooth, beautiful, sinuous and tasty. Javanese word karawitan particularly used to refer to gamelan music, music Indonesia bersistem tone non-diatonic (in slendro and pelog) are arable-garapannya using a notation system, timbre, rhythm, function, pathet and rules of working on in the form of grain instrumental, Vokalia and a wonderful mix heard.
Art Javanese gamelan contain the philosophical and historical value for the people of Indonesia. It was said, because the Javanese gamelan is one of the arts and culture inherited from its predecessor and is still widely favored as well as the occupied. Hypothetically, a scholar J.L.A. Brandes (1889) suggests that the Java community before their Hindu influence had known ten of expertise, such as wayang and gamelan. Historically, the Javanese gamelan also have a long history. As with any other art or culture, Javanese gamelan in its development also experienced changes. The major changes in the way pembuatanya, while developments concerning quality. Javanese gamelan ownership ageng formerly confined to the palace. Now, anyone interested can have all the Javanese gamelan not included in the category of inheritance (Occur Haryono, 2001).
A complete gamelan have approximately 72 tools and can be played by a musician (drummer), accompanied by 10-15 singers and or Gerong. Its structure is mainly composed of equipment at or tetabuhan made of metal. Other tools such as drums, fiddle (string instruments), which is a kind of xylophone-blade xylophon with slats of wood and wire plucked string instrument called zither or celepung.
Javanese Gamelan had an overwhelming response in the international community. As had been widely held art performances of gamelan in various European countries and obtained a very good response from the community there. Even schools abroad that would include gamelan music as one option to be studied by his students is also not small. But ironically in their own country are still many people who doubted the future of gamelan. Especially the youth who tend to be more interested in music outside which have sophisticated instruments. From here required an effort to attract people to the traditional art into the cultural heritage of the nation.
2. The social function of the Javanese Gamelan
Philosophically the Javanese gamelan is an integral part of Javanese life. This because the philosophy of life associated with the Java community cultural arts in the form of Javanese gamelan and is closely linked with the development of religion espoused.
In Javanese gamelan society has aesthetic functions related to social values, moral and spiritual. Gamelan has a grandeur of its own, the fact that the world also recognizes the gamelan is a traditional musical instrument which can compensate for the eastern western instruments that are large. Gamelan is a musical instrument that is flexible, because it can serve also for education.

3. Inheritance Javanese Gamelan to Youths
At the present time there is a tendency differing perceptions conducted by the younger generations through a variety of cultural attractions which in other respects it looked rather prominent, but in terms of another is a setback, especially concerning movements of dance and penyuguhan gendhing- gendhing issued.
Young man looks not interested gamelan because nothing is introduced. Besides no one taught. It could not be blamed for the majority of parents and even the school environment, does not support the child knows the gamelan. For the younger generation, gamelan difficult demand that sounded like the old days in the era of their parents or their grandparents. Young people now prefer that ring the gamelan as they please and are paired with musical instruments and art anything. However, through the means of this gamelan found a way to be sustainable. Gamelan is not just a traditional musical instrument or object, but there is a spirit in them, that togetherness. The important thing here is human, that is how they feel close to the musicians.
Keep in mind also for the preservation of our own culture truly Adhi Luhur, filled with aesthetics, harmony, teachings, philosophies, manners, society, tolerance, formation of human beings who minded sublime, not just off anyway as a motivating factor insan in worship to God, namely by means of hard work and goodwill Memetri or keeping arts and culture itself. There must be no gap or a gap with the elders who really qualified (expert). Even the communication needs to be maintained as well as possible with the elders as a source or a warehouse that still keep a variety of science related to the problem of culture itself, especially the masters musicians, dance etc.