Editing Pelog (section)

===Java===
Although the full ''pelog'' scale has seven tones, usually only a five-tone subset is used (see the similar Western concept of [[musical mode|mode]]). In fact, many gamelan instruments physically lack keys for two of the tones. Different regions, such as Central Java or West Java (Sunda), use different subsets. In Central Javanese gamelan, the ''pelog'' scale is traditionally divided into three ''[[pathet]]'' (modes). Two of these, called ''pathet nem'' and ''pathet lima'', use the subset of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6; the third, ''pathet barang'', uses 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. The remaining two notes, including 4 in every ''pathet'', are available for embellishments on most instruments, but they do not usually appear on ''[[gendér]]'', ''[[Gambang (instrument)|gambang]]'', or [[interpunctuating instrument]]s.

The notes of the ''pelog'' scale can be designated in different ways; In Central Java, one common way is the use of numbers (often called by their names in [[Javanese language|Javanese]], especially in a shortened form. An older set uses names derived from parts of the body. Notice that both systems have the same designations for 5 and 6.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto"
!''Number''
! colspan="2" | Javanese number
! colspan="2" | Traditional name
|-
! !! Full name !! Short name !! Full name !! Literal meaning
|-
|1 ||''siji''||''ji''||''bem''|| head
|-
|2 ||''loro''||''ro''||''gulu''|| neck
|-
|3 ||''telu''||''lu''||''dhadha''|| chest
|-
|4 ||''papat''||''pat''||''papat''||four
|-
|5 ||''lima''||''ma''||''lima''|| five
|-
|6 ||''enem''||''nem''||''nem''|| six
|-
|7 ||''pitu''||''pi''||''barang''|| thing
|}