World Map Physical Features SE Asia Pacific Indonesia Indonesia Active Volcanoes Indonesian Music Examples Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Paris World s Fair 1889 Paris World s Fair main promenade Indonesian Dancers Dutch Exhibition at 1889 Paris World s Fair From a Dutch magazine describing the colonial exhibition at the Paris World s Fair 1889 Gamelan 1889 Paris World s Fair Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 Java Village Dutch Settlement at Columbian Exposition Chicago Gamelan Gamelan Instruments Struck Idiophones majority most important gongs metalophones xylophones Membranophone a few Chordophone even fewer Aerophone even fewer Gamelan in Action See Gamelan Instruments of the Gamelan for a map of the Gamelan and an interactive description of the instruments Three Basic Layers Balungen Nuclear Melody the basic tune played one pitch per beat skeletal melody in textbook Colotomic Structure metrical structure of Balungen marked at end by largest gong Elaboration fastest moving upper parts division of the Baungen into smaller units Gong ageng largest suspended Ex YouTube Central Javanese Gamelan Pla ying Techniques Gong Kempul Kenong largest cradled gong Ex YouTube Central Javanese Gamelan Playing Techniques Kenong start 1 45 Kempul smaller suspended Ex YouTube Central Javanese Gamelan Playing Tech niques Gong Kempul Ketuk small cradled gong Ex YouTube Gamelan Kempyang Ketuk Nuclear Melody Sarons Slentem YouTube Central Javanese G amelan Playing Techniques Saron Slentem Elaboration Bonang Gambang wooden bars Ex YouTube Gamelan Gambang Gender Barung lower pitch Gender Panerus higher pitch TUNINGS SCALES SLENDRO front 5 notes pentatonic C D E or use piano black keys G A PELOG side 7 notes sounds minor E F G Bb B C D Colotomic Structure of BUBARAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gong ageng marks Gongan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 GONG kenong marks kenongan 1 2 3 Kenong 5 6 7 Kenong 9 10 11 Kenong 13 14 15 GONG Kenong Kempul divides Gatra 1 Kempul 3 Kenong 5 Kempul 7 Kenong 9 Kempul 11 Kenong 13 Kempul 15 GONG Kenong Ketuk punctuates odd beats Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong Ketuk Kempul Ketuk GONG Kenong BUBARAN you perform tuk silent tuk nong tuk pul tuk nong tuk pul tuk nong tuk pul tuk GONG nong Making Gamelan Instruments YouTube the making of gamelan YouTube Rhythm of the Gamelan Makers par t1 YouTube Rhythm of the Gamelan Makers par t2 Uses of the Gamelan Associated w Royalty private performance JVC 9 1 Bali JVC 10 3 Java Accompanies Dance JVC 9 2 Bali Pendet welcome dance JVC 9 3 Bali Baris Warrior Dance Wayang orang Dance Drama Accompanies Puppet Plays Wayang kulit JVC 10 2 Wedding 10 hr performance Tourism stylized performances Ex Kecak voice gamelan JVC 10 1 Bali Ramayana Epic YouTube Kecak Dance in Bali Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet Theater YouTube Wayang kulit excerpt 1 YouTube Wayang kulit excerpt 2 YouTube perang gagal behind the scene YouTube perang kembang behind the scene YouTube WAYANG KULIT GORO GORO KI ANOM SUROTO 1 OF 11 additional multiple parts available on YouTube Indonesian Dance w Gamelan Gamelan Gong Kebyar YouTube Gamelan Cudamani YouTube Tari Kebyar Duduk Indonesian voice gamelan Kecak for tourists YouTube Kecak Dance at Uluwatu Temple Bali Part 1 YouTube Kecak Dance in Bali YouTube Tari Kecak Bali 1