Deskripsi Pertunjukan dan Analisis Musikal pada Ibadah “Malam Doa, Pujian dan Penyembahan Etnik Batak” di Gereja Bethel Indonesia Rumah Persembahan Medan

Abstract

This research discusses worship at the Gereja Bethel Indonesia (GBI) Rumah Persembahan, namely the worship service Malam Doa, Pujian dan Penyembahan ”Etnik Batak " or better known in the church environment by the name "Etnik Batak " worship service. GBI Rumah Persembahan is a charismatic church, which usually does not include cultural elements in its worship. However, in this worship service cultural elements from the Batak Toba tribe are used, such as language, songs, traditional musical instruments and dresscode used when serving. In accordance with the vision of this church, thefocus of this worship is to pray, praise and worship God. The purpose of this research is to describe the "Etnik Batak" worship at GBIRumah Persembahan startingfrom the rehearsal stage until the worship process is complete, as well as to transcribe and analyze the musical structure of the song performed at the implementation of this worship. To achieve the research objectives, the author uses the theory of "Song Form" proposed by Karl-Edmund Prier SJ, in which the structure of the musical form is: sentences (periods), song motifs, symmetry, dots, commas andfrasering in songs. The research method used is qualitative by using the ethnomusicology research method approach, fieldwork and deskwork. The results showed that there was careful preparation in preparing this worship service, namely by conducting several rehearsals before the service took place. In the implementation of worship, the musicians use traditional instruments from Batak Toba, these instruments are collaborated with Western musical instruments. So that the presentation of music in this worship is differentfrom the worship that is usually held in this church. Songs that are brought in the implementation of this service are usually as many as approximatelyfive, which among thefive songs consist of songs of praise and songs of worship. The musical structure used in these songs consists of intro, verse, chorus, intro to verse, interlude and ending. The parts in the presentation of this song are repetitive or repeated, so the motif of the melody of this song is mostly the same.