Gamelan ensemble Flashcards
Gamelan ensemble is played during _________, __________, _____________ etc.
Weddings, birthdays, circumcisions
Commonly used in wayang kulit that consists 4-25 musicians.
Gamelan ensemble
fundamental units of the ensemble and marks the beginning and the end of a certain piece.
Vertical hanging gongs
One major rule of the gamelan ensemble for the musicians.
Never play other players’ instruments
Vertical hanging gongs punctuate different _____________________________________.
segments of the metric cycle
Largest among the hanging gongs and it creates a low pitch, very deep sound.
Gong ageng
A medium-sized hanging gongs and slightly higher pitch than the gong ageng.
Gong siyem
Gong siyem is also referred to as __________.
Gong suwukan
Small hanging gongs with a set of pitch depending on the scale used and is played more frequently.
Kempul
Subdivide the melody into several musical phrases.
Kettle gongs
Small deep-tuned gong and has considerably higher pitch.
Kenong
Kenong is used as a ___________ instrument.
punctuating
A single-kettle gong played in different ways and does not resonate.
Kethuk
The kethuk’s way of playing depends on the ____________________.
Speed of the music
A set of two kettle gongs set to a higher pitch than kethuk.
Kempyang
The kempyang is NOT allowed to ring. True or FALSE?
False
Composed of about a dozen kettle gongs and the primary instruments of the gamelan.
Bonang barung
The patterns played using the bonang barung depend on the __________________.
tempo structure
Plays a fast melodic pattern based on the melody that the bonang barung plays.
Bonang panerus
These instruments help in playing the melodic parts of the gamelan that consists of a series of metal bars.
Metallophones
Metallophones are like xylophones, as it’s played by striking the metal bars with a ________ __ _ ______.
beater of a mallet
Biggest and lowest sounding member of the saron family.
Saron demung
3 types of saron demung
Saron panerus/peking, saron barung/saron, and saron demung/demung
The saron demung has - thick metallic keys resting over a resonator.
6-7
Encased on a wooden frame and has six or seven wide and thin metal keys suspended by a string over tuned bamboo or metal tubes, which function as resonators.
Gender slenthem
Has 12-14 narrow and thin metal keys.
Gender barung
Xylophone with 17-23 keys resting on a wooden resonator.
Gambang kayu
Class of stringed instruments in the gamelan and enhance the melody of the ensemble.
Zithers
Supported by 4 legs with 20-26 metal strings and musician sits on the floor facing the smaller end of the instrument.
Celempung
Celempung is played by plucking the strings with the __________.
thumbnails
Small zither that consists of 10-26 metal strings. It also complements the celempung.
Siter
Classified as a spike fiddle with two strings and the melodic leader of the ensemble.
Rebab
Rebab is played ___________.
vertically
A musical structure or cycle used in the gamelan.
Gendhing
An end-blown flute that’s usually played freely but is often played at the end of each melodic phrase.
Suling
Suling is made with ________.
bamboo
Usually set the timing or pace of the melody.
Percussion instruments
Largest hand played drum
Kendhing gendhing
Middle-sized barrel-shaped drum and has the most complex drum patterns in the ensemble.
Kendhang ciblon
Smallest barrel-shaped drum
Kendhang ketipung
A large stick-beaten barrel drum that is occasionally played with other drums to accompany a dance.
Bedhug
Bedhug is played to _____________.
welcome guests
two types of gamelan styles
Javanese and Balinese gamelan
2 basic styles of the Javanese gamelan
soft and strong
It gives a more contemporary feel.
Balinese gamelan
A structure characterized by cycles punctuated periodically by an instrument.
Colomic structure
It is evident in Javanese than the Balinese.
Colomic structure
Balinese gamelan does not repeat throughout a continuous cycle. True or False?
True
