バルンガン
Sumarsamによれば、バルンガンという用語は、記譜法が導入されてすぐ、記法や理論、音楽の伝授による用例で使われ出したとされる 。
"The center of gravity of a gamelan composition, and the improviser's guideline, is a melody known as the 'skeleton' or 'framework' (balungan), played in a slow, even rhythm on [the]...saron."
"If the balungan is the same, then the elaborating parts should be the same."
"The instrumental melody called balungan (literally, 'skeleton', 'outline')."
"The balungan gendhing is important-if not, indeed, the most important-factor in the practice of karawitan, because as the framework of the gendhing it gives a composition its basic shape, and is used as a frame of reference and point of departure for the playing of the gamelan instruments."