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    Indonesia: Gamelan Ensemble

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    Gamelan is a traditional Indonesian musical ensemble that uses percussion instruments. It originates from the islands of Java and Bali. A gamelan typically consists of metallophones, gongs, drums and other instruments struck or shaken by mallets. Gamelan music is integral to Javanese and Balinese culture, accompanying religious ceremonies, dances, puppet shows and other events. The two main traditions are the Javanese gamelan from Java and the Balinese gamelan from Bali, which tend to have faster tempos and include additional cymbals.

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    Indonesia: Gamelan Ensemble

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    Gamelan is a traditional Indonesian musical ensemble that uses percussion instruments. It originates from the islands of Java and Bali. A gamelan typically consists of metallophones, gongs, drums and other instruments struck or shaken by mallets. Gamelan music is integral to Javanese and Balinese culture, accompanying religious ceremonies, dances, puppet shows and other events. The two main traditions are the Javanese gamelan from Java and the Balinese gamelan from Bali, which tend to have faster tempos and include additional cymbals.

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    Gamelan is a traditional Indonesian musical ensemble that uses percussion instruments. It originates from the islands of Java and Bali. A gamelan typically consists of metallophones, gongs, drums and other instruments struck or shaken by mallets. Gamelan music is integral to Javanese and Balinese culture, accompanying religious ceremonies, dances, puppet shows and other events. The two main traditions are the Javanese gamelan from Java and the Balinese gamelan from Bali, which tend to have faster tempos and include additional cymbals.

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    Gamelan is a traditional Indonesian musical ensemble that uses percussion instruments. It originates from the islands of Java and Bali. A gamelan typically consists of metallophones, gongs, drums and other instruments struck or shaken by mallets. Gamelan music is integral to Javanese and Balinese culture, accompanying religious ceremonies, dances, puppet shows and other events. The two main traditions are the Javanese gamelan from Java and the Balinese gamelan from Bali, which tend to have faster tempos and include additional cymbals.

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    The passage discusses gamelan ensembles, which are musical groups from Indonesia that typically use percussion instruments. It describes the two main traditions of gamelan music from Java and Bali.

    Traditionally, gamelan music is used for religious ceremonies, rituals, and cultural events like weddings and celebrations. It also often accompanies dances, shadow puppet plays, and other performances.

    Balinese gamelan music tends to be faster paced with more sudden changes in tempo and dynamics compared to Javanese. Balinese ensembles also have thicker metallophone keys producing brighter sounds and incorporate more cymbals.

    INDONESIA

    GAMELAN
    ENSEMBLE
    Gamelan Ensemble
    What is Gamelan?
    • The term gamelan refers to the ensemble of percussion
    instruments on which traditional gamelan music of Java
    and Bali is played. A complete Javanese court-style
    gamelan comprises two sets of instruments, one for each
    tuning system: sléndro (a five-tone scale) and pélog (a
    seven-tone scale). Within each of these tunings are three
    pathet, a Javanese concept referring to both mode and
    mood. No two gamelans are tuned exactly alike; each
    ensemble is unique and may often be given a name.
    • Gamelan comes from the islands of Indonesia, although
    today ensembles exist all over the globe. Gamelan
    orchestras are comprised of several types of mallet
    instruments, or keyboard-style instruments struck with
    mallets or hammers, as well as different drums, flutes,
    and occasionally stringed instruments or vocalists. The
    word 'gamelan' is derived from the Indonesian
    word gamel, meaning 'hammer.' Most gamelan
    musicians learn and teach the music orally, as the music
    is traditionally not notated.
    What is it used for?
    • Traditionally, gamelan music is used in Java for a number
    of different artistic and cultural purposes. The gamelan
    can often be found at religious ceremonies, palace rituals
    and many occasions including weddings, funerals, coming
    of age ceremonies, village cleansing rituals, celebrations
    to mark the birth of a new child or important events and
    birthdays.

    • The gamelan is often used to accompany dance or


    shadow-puppet plays and other theatrical forms. Gamelan
    is also played during klenengans - occasions where
    communities and local musicians get together to perform
    for enjoyment or to mark a particular social event.
    Two Traditions of Gamelan Orchestra

    The vast majority of ensembles, though, can be grouped


    into two different traditions: the Javanese tradition (from
    the island of Java) and the Balinese tradition (from the
    island of Bali).
    BALINESE GAMELAN
    Balinese Gamelan music is very similar to Javanese
    Gamelan music.   The music is in cycle too, however, it is
    usually faster.  One of the characteristic of Balinese
    gamelan music is that, it has a lot of sudden changes in
    tempo and dynamics.  Like the Javanese gamelan, the
    instruments in Balinese gamelan includes metallophones
    and gongs.  However, there are more metallophones than
    gongs in Balinese gamelan. 
    The metal keys in Balinese metallophones are ticker than
    those of Javanese.  These Balinese metallophones
    produce very bright sound.  Another characteristic of
    Balinese Gamelan music is the used of cymbals.  These
    cymbals create fast rattling sound that usually cannot be
    found in Javanese Gamelan music.
    JAVANESE GAMELAN
    Most of the instruments of a Javanese gamelan ensemble
    are metal percussion made of brass, iron, or bronze
    (bronze instruments generally have the best sound). A
    typical ensemble also has drums, wooden bar percussion
    instruments, plucked string instruments, bowed string
    instruments, and bamboo flutes.
    Gamelan music is a communal art form; playing the music
    requires a strong sense of rhythm and attention to the
    music of the whole group. Javanese gamelan does not
    stress virtuosic displays of musical talent.
    GAMELAN ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENT
    GONG AGENG
    GENDER
    BONANG
    SLENTHEM
    SARON
    KETUK
    KENDANG
    CELEMPUNG
    GAMBANG
    THANK YOU!!!

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