Everything about Cengkok totally explained
Cengkok (old orthography:
chengkok) are patterns played by the
elaborating instruments in the Javanese
gamelan. Typically they're melodic patterns that lead to the
seleh, following the rules of the
pathet of the piece.
The most elaborate cengkok repertoire is that of the
gendér barung. The
gambang and
siter, on the other hand, don't have such formalized sets of cengkok, and therefore may vary more from performer to performer.
Most cengkok derive from the vocal repertoire, and many have names that originally came from lyrics, like the well-known
Ayu kuning. They may incorporate pre-existent melodic patterns through a process of
centonization.
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