Editing Slendro (section)

==History==
The origin of the ''slendro'' scale is unknown. However the name ''slendro'' is derived from [[Sailendra]], the ancient dynasty of [[Mataram Kingdom]] in Central Java, and also [[Srivijaya]]. The ''slendro'' scale is thought to be brought to Srivijaya by Mahayana Buddhists from Gandhara of India, via Nalanda and Srivijaya from there to Java and Bali.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AD8W-9pYj9gC&dq=Slendro+Sailendra+gamelan&pg=PA312 Gamelan: cultural interaction and musical development in central Java ]</ref> It is similar to scales used in [[India]]n and [[China|Chinese]] music as well as other areas of Asia and they all may have a common origin. A ''salendro'' scale is also found in the neighboring musical ensemble of [[Kulintang]]. This is very difficult if not impossible to determine.

Even within Indonesia, it is difficult to determine the evolution of scales.  For example, scales used in [[Banyuwangi]], at the eastern tip of Java, are very similar to scales used in [[Jembrana]], a short distance away on Bali. There is probably no way to document which region influenced the other, or if they both evolved together.