A

From the initial position of the letter A in the Indonesian alphabet.

(music) a tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote


aria

From Dutch aria, from Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).

(music) aria (a type of musical piece written typically for a solo voice)


mi

From Latin mīra, from the first word of the third line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

(music) mi, a syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale


tuba

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”).

der

(music) tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys


sol

From Dutch sol, the first syllable of Latin solve (“to remove, get rid of”), the first word of the fifth line, third verse (“Solve polluti, labii reatum”, that is, “Clean the guilt from our stained lips”) of the famed medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

in a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la

in a fixed-do system: the musical note G


stem

From English stem, from Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).

(music) a vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music


not

From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota. Doublet of nota.

(music) note, a character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch


ad libitum

id-adj

ad libitum (comparative lebih ad libitum, superlative paling ad libitum)

lebih ad libitum (comparative)
paling ad libitum (superlative)

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin ad libitum.

ubor

(music) at one's pleasure, allowing freedom to improvise, allowing variation from the printed notes or tempo


basis

Borrowed from Dutch bassist (“bassist”).

(music) bassist: a musician playing a bass; esp. a bass guitarist


organ

From Dutch orgaan, from Middle Dutch organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

(music) a musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such


gender

gêndèr (canonical)
gender-gender (plural)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦺꦂ (gendèr), from Old Javanese gĕnder.


instrumental

id-adj

instrumental (comparative lebih instrumental, superlative paling instrumental)

lebih instrumental (comparative)
paling instrumental (superlative)

Borrowed from Dutch instrumentaal, from French instrumental, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis.

(music) pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice)


accelerando

Unadapted borrowing from Italian accelerando (“accelerating”).


ti

Borrowed from English ti, from alteration of si, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter.

(music) ti (a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale)


lento

Unadapted borrowing from Italian lento, from Latin lentus.


mezzo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzo, from Latin medius.


carillon

carillon-carillon (plural)
karilon (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from French carillon.

(music) carillon: a set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries


rok

(music) rock, a style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals


morendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian morendo.


prestissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prestissimo.


moderato

Unadapted borrowing from Italian moderato.


cantabile

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cantabile.


crescendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian crescendo, from Latin crēscendum (“increasing, growing”), gerund of crēscō.

der

(music) crescendo: An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < )


fortissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fortissimo.


pianissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pianissimo.


allegretto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.


adagio

Borrowed from English adagio, from Italian adagio.

(music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully

adagio
(music) a passage having this mark


tenor

* From Dutch tenor, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
* Semantic loan from English tenor for sense of time to maturity of a bond.

(music) a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto

(music) a person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range


skala

skala-skala (plural)
sekala (alternative)

From Dutch schaal (“scale”) or Portuguese escala, from Latin scala.

(Standard Malay)

(music) a series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies


matra

From Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā, “measure”). Doublet of meter.
* Displaced Dutch dimensie (“dimension”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

matra,
(music) a measure of cadence pressure


baton

Borrowed from Dutch baton, from French bâton (“stick”).

(music) baton: the stick of a conductor in musical performances


motif

From Dutch motief, from Middle Dutch motijf, from Old French motif (Modern French motif), from Late Latin mōtivus.

(music, literature) a short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work


rondo

From Italian rondo, from French rondeau. Doublet of raun, ronda, and ronde.

(music) rondo: a musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains


larghetto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian larghetto, diminutive of largo.


ukulele

ukulélé (canonical)
ukulele-ukulele (plural)

Borrowed from English ukelele, from Hawaiian ʻukulele.


giro

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦶꦫꦺꦴ (giro, “to leap up screaming (in fright)”).

bor+

(music) the opening song comes from the sounds of cente, saron, demung, selentem, kendang and gong, used to start a performance, for example ludruk


etude

From Dutch etude, from French étude (“study”), from Old French estude (“study”), from Latin studium (“spirit”). Doublet of studi and studio.

(music) etude: a short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill


mezzo piano

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzo piano.


allargando

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allargando.

(music) allargando: Decreasing in tempo; getting slower


singel

Borrowed from English single, from Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”).

a 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B

a popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track


suling

(music) suling: an Indonesian flute made of bamboo


C

From the Latin letter C, from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, ce), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, gamma), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, giml), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

(music) the first note in the C chromatic and major scales


cavatina

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cavatina.


selo

sèlo (canonical)
selo-selo (plural)
sélo (alternative)

From Dutch cello, shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello.

(music) cello: a large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight


gamelan

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan), from Old Javanese gamĕlan.

a genre of traditional Indonesian music; specifically Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute

an ensemble performing this style of music


dansa

From Malay dansa, from Portuguese dança (“dance”) or Spanish danza (“dance”).


harmonika

From Dutch mondharmonica, from German Mundharmonika.

(music) harmonica: a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note


da capo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian da capo.

(music) from scratch; from the beginning; from the top


rallentando

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rallentando.


ritenuto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian ritenuto.


dol

(music) a type of conical drum from Bengkulu


kor

kor-kor (plural)
koir [kuayer] (alternative)

From Dutch koor (“choir”), from Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus. Cognate with Afrikaans koor, English choir.

Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian


mol

Borrowed from Dutch mol, from French mol, mou, from Old French mol, from Latin mollem.


decrescendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian decrescendo.


mezzo forte

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzo forte.

(music) mezzo forte (louder then mezzo piano, but softer than forte)


kunci

kunci (root)
mengunci (active nominative)
terkunci (nominative passive)
dikunci (nominative passive)
kunci (nominative)
kuncilah (nominative)
menguncikan (active)
terkuncikan (passive)
dikuncikan (passive)
kuncikan
kuncikanlah
konci (alternative)
koentji (alternative)
kuntji (alternative)

From Malay kunci (“key”), from Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā).
* Semantic loan from Dutch sleutel for wrench, spanner and clef senses.
* Semantic loan from Dutch akkoord for chord sense.
* Semantic loan from English key for music (other than clef sense), education, computing, cryptography and internet sense.

(music, figurative) in musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality

(Standard Malay)

(music, figurative) in musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor

(music, figurative) clef, a symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff

(music, colloquial, figurative) chord, a harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously


pugar

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦒꦼꦂ (puger). Semantic loan from Dutch herstellingsteken for music sense of natural.

sl

(music) natural: The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note


BPM

(medicine, physiology, music) initialism of beat per minute


vuvuzela

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.


da capo al fine

Unadapted borrowing from Italian da capo al fine.

ubor

(music) da capo al fine: repeat from the beginning up to the word fine ("end")


pulsa

(music) the beat or tactus of a piece of music

pulse,
the beat or tactus of a piece of music


sotto voce

Unadapted borrowing from Italian sottovoce.


rubato

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rubato.


bahu

* Inherited from Malay bahu, from Classical Malay bahu, from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Doublet of baju.
* Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦲꦸ (bahu, “arm, village assistant”), from Old Javanese bāhu (“arm”), from the same Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu). See also Javanese bahudendha (“powerful”), from Old Javanese bāhudaṇḍa (“arm; assistant, guard, protection”, literally “long arm, arm-staff”), from Sanskrit बाहुदण्ड (bāhudaṇḍa, “long arm, arm-staff”).

cog

(music, figurative) edge of musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet, such as gong (the shoulder of the instrument)


banyo

banyo-banyo (plural)
banjo (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch banjo, from English banjo. Compare Malay banjo.


solfeggio

Unadapted borrowing from Italian solfeggio.

ubor

(music) solfeggio, solfège: a method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la


trompet

trompet-trompet (plural)
terompet (alternative nonstandard)

(music) trumpet (a type of brass instrument)


konduktor

Learned borrowing from Latin conductor. Doublet of kondektur.
* Semantic loan from English conductor for music sense.

(music) a person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting


kanon

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanun and qanun.
* For sense of land lease tax, via Arabic قَانُون (qānūn, “tax, law”).
* For sense in music and Christianity, via Dutch canon, from Old French canon, from Latin canōn.

(music) a piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round


stringendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian stringendo (“tightening”).


harmoni

harmoni-harmoni (plural)
harmoni (root)
mengharmonikan (active)
terharmonikan (passive)
diharmonikan (passive)
harmonikan
harmonikanlah

From Dutch harmonie, from Middle Dutch harmonia, armonie, from Old French harmonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía).

(countable, music) process by which individual sounds are joined or composed into whole units or compositions


dangdut

Altered from dang-ding-dut.
Coined by Tempo (Indonesian magazine).

(music) dangdut, a genre of Indonesian music that combines elements of Arab and Malay folk music


majeur

Unadapted borrowing from French majeur (“major”).

(music) alternative spelling of mayor (“major”)


mineur

id-adj

mineur (comparative lebih mineur, superlative paling mineur)

lebih mineur (comparative)
paling mineur (superlative)


biola

Inherited from Malay biola, from Portuguese viola, from Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from Vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.

(music) violin: A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family


akor

akor-akor (plural)
accoord (alternative)

From Dutch akkoord, from Middle Dutch accoort, from Old French acorder (Modern French accord), from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, ultimately from Latin cor (“heart”). Doublet of accoord and akur.

(music) chord: a harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously


konser

konsèr (canonical)
konser-konser (plural)
concert (alternative)
konsert (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

From Dutch concert, from French concert, from Italian concerto.


fals

From Dutch vals (“false”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”).


recitativo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian recitativo.


kantata

From Italian cantata, from Latin [Term?].

(music) cantata: a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music


orkestra

Learned borrowing from Latin orchestra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”) (an intensification of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to go, come”), from Proto-Indo-European *ergh- (“to set in motion, stir up, raise”)) + suffix *-tra denoting "place". Doublet of orkes


kres

From Dutch kruis, from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux (“cross”).

(music) sharp, higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note)


oratorium

From Dutch oratorium, from Latin ōrātōrium (“place of prayer, oratory”), substantive of ōrātōrius (“oratorical”), from ōrātor (“public speaker, orator”) + -ōrius.

(Christianity, Roman Catholicism, music) an oratorio, a religiously-themed semi-operatic form of music


prélude

Unadapted borrowing from French prélude (“prelude”), from Late Latin praeludium.

ubor

(music) prelude: a short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece


a tempo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian a tempo.

(music) return to normal tempo from a deviation


qanun

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanon and kanun.

(music) qanun, a musical instrument similar to a zither


partitur

From Dutch partituur, from German Partitur, from Italian partitura (“partition, musical score”), from Medieval Latin partitūra, from partiō, partior (“to divide, to partition, to share”) + -ūra.

der

(music) full score, conductor's score, partitur


solis

Borrowed from Dutch solist (“soloist”), from French soliste or German Solist, from Italian solista.


bariton

From Dutch bariton, from Italian baritono, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + τόνος (tónos, “tone”).

(music) baritone:
the male voice between tenor and bass

the musical range between tenor and bass

a person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass


komponis

From Dutch componist, from German Komponist. Compare to Afrikaans komponis.


gaya

From Malay gaya, probably from Sanskrit गय (gaya, “acquired or conquered properties”).


gangsa

Inherited from Malay gangsa (“bronze”), from Sanskrit कंस (kaṃsa). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa, “musical instrument and/or ensemble”) and Balinese ᬕᬗ᭄ᬲ (gangsa) for musical sense.


bunyi

From Proto-Malayic *buñi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buñi.

sebunyi

have the same sound; homophonic, homophonous

(music) sound (a distinctive and styled sound)


tambur

From Dutch tamboer, from French tambour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”).


slendro

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro).

bor+

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


tembang

têmbang (canonical)
tembang-tembang (plural)


kibor

(music) a device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device


gatra

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦠꦿ (gatra, “form; shape; clause”), from Old Javanese gātra (“appearance, shape, form, figure, lines; face; first lines, first colouring”, literally “body”), from Sanskrit गात्र (gātra, “body”).

der

(music) sentences or lines in traditional songs (tembang)

(music) the rhythm in karawitan which contains four beats


sundari

From Sanskrit सुन्दरी (sundarī, “beautiful”).

(music) sundari: a double-reed wind instrument with seven to nine holes, related to the shehnai


siter

sitêr (canonical)
siter-siter (plural)
sitar (alternative)
ziter (alternative)

From Dutch citer, from Middle Dutch cythaer, from Old Dutch cithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).


bagian

bagian-bagian (plural)
bahagian (alternative)

From Malay bagian, a variant of the standard bahagian. Equivalent to bagi + -an.
* The sense “duty” is a semantic loan from English part.
* The sense “subdivision” is a semantic loan from Dutch sectie.
* The sense “fate” is a semantic loan from Arabic نَصِيب (naṣīb, “destiny”, literally “portion”).
The superseded spelling bahagian was used as translation of Japanese 部(ぶ) (bu, “department”) during the Japanese occupation.

semantic loan

(music) the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece


birama

From Sanskrit विराम (virāma, “termination, stop”).

der

a vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value

(music) bar
one of those musical sections


intonasi

From Dutch intonatie, from French intonation.

(music) the act of sounding the tones of the musical scale


orkes

Borrowed from Dutch orkest (“orchestra”), from French orchestre, from Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra). Doublet of orkestra.


con amore

Unadapted borrowing from Italian con amore (literally “with love”).

ubor

(music) con amore: played gently, with tenderness


stratifikasi

From Dutch stratificatie, from French stratification, from Medieval Latin stratificatio, from Latin stratum.

stratification;
(music) a layering of musical texture

stratification;
a layering of musical texture


komposisi

From Dutch compositie, from Middle Dutch composicie, from Middle French composition, from Old French composicion, from Latin compositiō, from componere (“to put together”).

(art, music) a work of music, literature or art

composition:
a work of music, literature or art


modulasi

From Dutch modulatie, from Middle French modulation, from Latin modulatio.


pangkon

Reconstructed as pangku + -an, from Javanese pangkon (ꦥꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀, “virama”, literally “lap”) and Balinese pangkon (ᬧᬗ᭄ᬓᭀᬦ᭄, literally “lap”), from Old Javanese paṅkwan, paṅkon (“lap”). Doublet of pangkuan.

bor

(dialect, music, Bali) hollow wood, the upper part is used to place the metal blades of gamelan, saron, and so on, acting as a sound maker


harmonik

(music) the place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present


notenbalk

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch notenbalk (“musical stave”, literally “(musical) note beam, bar”).

ubor

(music) musical stave, set of lines to write notes on


balikan

(music) musical instrument from West Kalimantan, long in shape, wide on the right side, small and tapered in the middle, the widened ends are thinner, played by plucking, made by the Dayak tribe in the Kapuas Hulu area


seruling

Affixation of suling + -er-, inherited from Malay seruling.


arababu

→ Ternate: arababu

From Arabic الرَبَابَة (ar-rabāba). Doublet of rebab.


membranofon

mèmbranofon (canonical)
membranofon-membranofon (plural)

(music) membranophone: any musical instrument that produces sound via the vibration of a stretched membrane


selis

From Dutch cellist. Equivalent to selo + -is.

(music) cellist: someone who plays the cello


gambus

Inherited from Malay gambus, from Arabic قنبوس (qanbūs).


stambul

stambul-stambul (plural)
Stambul (alternative)

Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish استانبول, from corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).

der

εἰς τὴν Πόλιν

(music) a type of Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the kroncong


aksidental

aksidèntal (canonical)
aksidental-aksidental (plural)

From English accidental, from Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis.

(music) accidental: adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature


aransemen

aransêmèn (canonical)
aransemen-aransemen (plural)

From Dutch arrangement, from French arrangement.


seperempat

(music) crotchet, quarter note: a musical note one beat long in 4/4 time


ensambel

énsambel (canonical)
ansambêl (alternative)
ensembel (alternative)

From English ensemble, from French ensemble, from Old French ensemble, from Latin in simul. Displaced earlier form ansambel, a loanword from Dutch ensemble.

(music) ensemble: a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists


ansambel

ansambêl (canonical)
ansambel-ansambel (plural)

From Dutch ensemble, from French ensemble, from Old French ensemble, from Latin in simul. Replaced by ènsambêl, a loanword from English ensemble.

(music) alternative spelling of ènsambêl (“ensemble: a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists”)


tangga nada

Compound of tangga (“ladder”) + nada (“tone”), calque of Dutch toonladder (“scale”, literally “tone scale”).

clq

(music) scale: A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies


garis bantu

(music) ledger line: A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staves; a line slightly longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff


resonansi

résonansi (canonical)
resonansi-resonansi (plural)
resonans (alternative)

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch resonantie, from Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“I resound”).

(music) an increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration


canang

(music) a type of small gong used as an instrument of alarm or announcement


penguat

pênguat (canonical)
penguat-penguat (plural)

(music) a portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances


antunga

(music) bamboo Qanbūs, a short-necked lute


instrumen

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch instrument, from Middle Dutch instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum.

(music) musical instrument: a device used to produce music


instrumentasi

(music) orchestration: the arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band


terapi musik

id-noun

terapi musik (plural terapi-terapi musik)

terapi-terapi musik (plural)
terapi muzik (alternative)


tinggi nada

Compound of tinggi (“height”) + nada (“tone”), calque of Dutch toonhoogte (“pitch”).

(music) pitch: The perceived frequency of a sound or note; The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned


titinada

Compound of titi + nada (“tone”), calque of Dutch toonhoogte (“pitch”).

, kelangsingan (Standard Malay)


pupuh

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ (pupuh, “song; eye drop; to hit; to war; to fight”), from Old Javanese pupuh (“stroke, blow; fight, battle; musical mallet”).

der

(literature, music) songs that are bound by the number of syllables in one verse, the number of lines, and the game of the song


warna nada

Calque of Dutch klankkleur (“timbre”) as warna (“colour”) + nada (“tone”).


balok not

Compound of balok (“beam”) + not (“note”), Calque of Dutch notenbalk (“musical stave”, literally “(musical) note beam, bar”).

clq

(music) musical stave, set of lines to write notes on


con dolore

Unadapted borrowing from Italian con dolore.


da camera

Unadapted borrowing from Italian da camera.


di salto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian di salto.


kolintang

kolintang-kolintang (plural)
kulintang (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulintaŋ.


kromatis

id-adj

kromatis (comparative lebih kromatis, superlative paling kromatis)

lebih kromatis (comparative)
paling kromatis (superlative)
kromatik (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch chromatisch (“chromatic”).

bor+

(music) relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written


analisis transformasi

id-noun

analisis transformasi (plural analisis-analisis transformasi)

transformational analysis
transformational analysis

(linguistics, music) transformational analysis: a method of studying how structures are transformed or modified.


demung

Borrowed from Javanese ꦢꦼꦩꦸꦁ (demung, “a large bronze gamelan instrument”), from Old Javanese dĕmuṅ (“name of a metre (in kidungs)”).

der

(music) a large bronze gamelan instrument


gitar akustik

id-noun

gitar akustik (plural gitar-gitar akustik)

From gitar (“guitar”) + akustik (“acoustic”). Calque of Dutch akoestische gitaar & Calque of English acoustic guitar.


gitar tenor

From gitar (“guitar”) + tenor.
Calque of English tenor guitar.


gitar bas

gitar-gitar bas (plural)
gitar bes (alternative)

From gitar (“guitar”) + bas (“bass”). Calque of Dutch basgitaar or Calque of English bass guitar.