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slendro.

slendro: a pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog

7 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/slɛn.dro/
  1. slendro: a pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro).

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