Characteristics of Gending Jula-Juli Laras Slendro Pathet Wolu in The Bapang Dance Jombang Jatiduwur Mask Puppet

Abstract

The development of performing arts in Indonesia has proven that there are many variants of the Jula-July gending scattered in several places in the East Java region. Jula-Juli gending is a gending that can stand alone or as a partner for other arts, of course with different characteristics in each distribution. One of them is in Jatiduwur village, Kesamben sub-district, Jombang district, East Java through the performing art of the Jatiduwur Jombang Mask Puppet in the Bapang dance performance. This makes this paper aim to find the characteristics of the Jula-Juli Laras Slendro Pathet Wolu gending in the Bapang Wayang Topeng Jatiduwur dance by trying to represent or explore the characteristics of the gending in it. This study uses qualitative research methods, the analysis of which is more qualitative and descriptive. Action analysis uses three stages, namely the description stage, the reduction stage, and the selection stage. The research shows that the characteristics of the Jula-Juli rendition of Laras Slendro Pathet Wolu in the Bapang Wayang Topeng Jatiduwur dance are a piece that has the distinctive feel of the traditional Javanese wasp Jatiduwur, Jombang. Characteristics can be found through the identification of gending forms (dynamics, tempo, and expressions of the beat), the organology of the gamelan instruments that present them, the symbols of the Bapang dance movements, the tuning system of the gamelan instruments that present them, the artists involved, the social conditions of the people who support the arts, and the nuances of tradition. presentation results.