Keywords: Progressive in E Minor, keroncong music,
melodic variations.
The musical work
"Progressive in E Minor" is a musical work created from the musical
tone of Ambitus in children's tones. The idea arose when the rapid development
of keroncong music, it was still rare or even found the presence of keroncong
music in the treasury of children's music. In the music of keroncong, the
majority of songs have not the theme of children or the use of children's
ambition. Composers want to create musical works in the keroncong format in
which there is a musical ambition of children's tones which is then applied to
the Violoncello instrument by using the range creation method.
The work of music with the title
"Progressive in E Minor", derived from the word
"Progressive" in Indonesian means change or movement, while "E
Minor" is a chord in which this musical work was created. This title was
created to explain where the keroncong music changes both from the rhythm and
chord progressions. It can be concluded that the musical work "Progressive
in E Minor" is an absolute musical work which is based on the ambition of
the child's tone which is then presented in the form of keroncong.
There are several melodic
variation techniques available in the music "Progressive in E Minor",
but composers choose 4 melody variations in their cultivation, including: (1)
Melody variation and fake, (2) Rhytmyc variation and fake, (3) Dead Spot
Filler, and (5) counter melody. The musical idea of ambitus in
children's tones is then transformed by the tone range approach found on the
Violoncello instrument in the form of keroncong . Composer also gives
a touch of other types of music such as classical music, which is in the form
of music and the use of counter pitch. In the form of music, this musical work
uses Sonatine as a reference which is arranged into 3 parts, namely the exposition,
development and recapitulation section.