Gamelan Music

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Gamelan Music

• An introduction

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Making a gong ageng
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The Gamelan
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4 component parts of Gamelan

• Balungan instruments
• Gongs
• Embellishing instruments
• Drums

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Balungan
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Saron Panerus part of the Balungan group of
instruments
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Gongs
The gongs mark the smaller sections in the piece.
The gong ageng marks the beginning of each cycle.
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Gong Ageng
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Embellishing instruments

• The embellishing instruments play repeating
  patterns and decorate the melody

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Gender panerus an embellishing instrument
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Drums

• The drums control the tempo and control other
  changes in the music.

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Drums
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Writing your own Gamelan piece.

• Key Questions

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Balungan

• How many notes need to be in the balungan?
• How many versions of the balungan are you going
  to have in your piece?
• What are the key differences?

• Will your balungan have any repeating sections?
• What instruments will you use to play it?

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Gongs

• How will you mark the beginning of each section,
  and the divisions of each section?

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Embellishing instruments

• Will you have you embellishing instruments
  playing all the way through?

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Drums

• How will they control the direction of the piece?