Editing Slendro (section)

{{short description|Indonesian musical pentatonic scale used in Gamelan}}
[[Image:Slendro on C.png|thumb|300px|Slendro approximated in Western notation.<ref>"The representations of ''slendro'' and ''pelog'' tuning systems in Western notation shown above should not be regarded in any sense as absolute. Not only is it difficult to convey non-Western scales with Western notation, but also because, in general, no two gamelan sets will have exactly the same tuning, either in pitch or in interval structure. There are no Javanese standard forms of these two tuning systems." Lindsay, Jennifer (1992). ''Javanese Gamelan'', p.39-41. {{ISBN|0-19-588582-1}}.</ref> {{audio|Slendro on C.mid|Play}}]]
[[Image:Slendro vs whole tone scale on C.png|thumb|300px|right|''Slendro-djawar'' scale in comparison with [[whole tone scale]] on C<ref>[[Ton de Leeuw|Leeuw, Ton de]] (2005). ''Music of the Twentieth Century'', p.128. {{ISBN|90-5356-765-8}}.</ref> {{audio|Slendro vs whole tone scale on C.mid|Play both}} or {{audio|5-tet scale on C.mid|Play equal-tempered scale}}.]]
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'''Slendro''' ({{langx|jv|ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ}}) is one of the essential tuning systems used in [[gamelan]] instruments that have [[pentatonic]] [[scale (music)|scale]].<ref name="Slendro">{{Cite web|title=Slendro|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slendro|access-date=4 August 2021|work=Merriam-Webster}}</ref><ref name="Slendro scale">{{Cite web|title=Slendro|url=https://kbbi.web.id/slendro|access-date=4 August 2021|work=Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI)}}</ref> Based on [[Javanese people|Javanese]] mythology, the Slendro Gamelan tuning system is older than the ''[[pélog]]'' tuning system.