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    Music Lecture GAMELAN

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    The gamelan is a traditional Indonesian orchestra composed of percussion and metal instruments made from materials like bamboo, bronze, and wood. It performs at important celebrations and events like feasts, puppet shows, rituals, and ceremonies. The gamelan ensemble includes instruments like gongs, xylophones, metal bars, flutes, and angklungs made of bamboo. Indonesian music also incorporates vocal styles and makes use of tonal patterns like slendro and pelog.

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    The gamelan is a traditional Indonesian orchestra composed of percussion and metal instruments made from materials like bamboo, bronze, and wood. It performs at important celebrations and events like feasts, puppet shows, rituals, and ceremonies. The gamelan ensemble includes instruments like gongs, xylophones, metal bars, flutes, and angklungs made of bamboo. Indonesian music also incorporates vocal styles and makes use of tonal patterns like slendro and pelog.

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    The gamelan is a traditional Indonesian orchestra composed of percussion and metal instruments made from materials like bamboo, bronze, and wood. It performs at important celebrations and events like feasts, puppet shows, rituals, and ceremonies. The gamelan ensemble includes instruments like gongs, xylophones, metal bars, flutes, and angklungs made of bamboo. Indonesian music also incorporates vocal styles and makes use of tonal patterns like slendro and pelog.

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    Music Lecture GAMELAN

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    THE GAMELAN

    Traditional orchestra of Indonesia and is considered to be an important part of the culture and
    tradition of this country.

    It is an instrumental group composed of percussion instruments made of bamboo, bronze, and wood.

    It performs often in feasts, puppetry, rituals, and other celebrations including ceremonies.
    THE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE CONSISTS OF
    THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTS:

    A.PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
    1. BONANG – are metal kettles made of bronze which play
    the melodic and rhythmic variations of a composition. Two
    long sticks are used to strike the bonang.
    2. GAMBANG KAYU – a wooden xylophone. It doubles or
    anticipates the principal melody.
    3. GENDER – consist of thin metal plates made of bronze
    suspended over resonating tubes that produce loud and
    brilliant tones.
    4. GONG AGENG – the biggest, most sacred, and most
    THE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE CONSISTS OF
    THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTS:

    A. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
    5. KEMPUL – a small gong which plays syncopation with the
    kenon. It punctuates short musical phrases.
    6. GONG SUWAKAN – gives its own wave, a bit bigger than
    the ageng which is the most important in the set of gongs.
    7. PEKING – a small xylophone consisting of thick metal bars.
    8. SARON – plays the skeletal part of the gamelan
    composition. This is composed of metal bars placed on top
    of a box resonator. A wooden mallet is used to strike the
    bars.
    THE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE CONSISTS OF
    THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTS:

    A.STRING INSTRUMENTS
    1. MANDOLIN – a small string instrument
    played by plucking, and belongs to the
    family of lutes
    2. REBAB – similar to the mandolin. It has
    two strings played with an arc.
    THE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE CONSISTS OF
    THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTS:

    A.WIND INSTRUMENTS
    1. SULING – a flute made of bamboo
    2. ANGKLUNG – a famous piece for music which is
    made of bamboo (ancient material for musical
    instruments.)
    3. CHELEMPUNG – has 26 strings wherein one pair is
    set to one tone. This is the reason why only thirteen
    tones can’t be heard.
    VOCAL MUSIC of
    INDONESIANS
    TWO KINDS OF TONAL PATTERNS USED IN
    INDONESIAN MUSIC:
    ♪SLENDRO
    - it is known as “male” tonal system.
    - it consists of five tones which has almost similar
    intervals.
    - it is also known as pentatonic scale.
    ♪PELOG
    - It is considered the “female” tonal system
    - It consists of five tones (minor thirds) and three
    tones (whole intervals), however, the sound is
    different from that of slendro.
    An example of a song that consists of these modes is
    “Si Patokaan.” Try to sing with the music applying the
    different elements of music and imitating the voice
    sound of Indonesians
    Poor villagers of
    Patokaan,
    how stiff they move
    They’re so ashamed,
    they dare not take
    a step forward.
    Goodness me, those
    Patokaan villagers
    RASA SAYANG (Indonesian Children/Folk Song)
    WAYANG KULIT (Shadow Puppetry)
    ▪ Indonesians regard music, dance, and drama with great
    importance.
    ▪ The most popular drama with the use of puppets made of
    animal skin painted with colorful designs and colors.
    ▪ Usually, the story is derived from the Hindu epics
    MAHABHARATA and RAMAYANA
    ▪ DALANG or puppeteer – gives life to the characters and
    also the conductor of the gamelan and narrator of the
    play.

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