Pelog

Pelog is the Javanese term for a scale used in addition Slendro in the Indonesian music. In contrast to a scale in the European tonal system, which consists of 12 tones with exactly the same distance in pitch, these distances vary with the pelog.

It is a 7 -step ladder, the tones of which have approximately the following distances: 120, 150, 270, 130, 115, 165, 250 cents. In concrete music thereof but only ever used a selection of each 5 colors so that different (main) modes are available, which can be enriched by exchange of notes for more Hilfsmodi. On Java pelog is considered female, sad tone.

Erich von Hornbostel attempted an explanation of the pelog that is controversial with his Blasqintentheorie.