MUSIC: Music of Indonesia Flashcards

1
Q

The name Indonesia is derived from [ ] and [ ].

A

Latin Indus (India) and the Greek nesos (island).

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2
Q

The traditional ensemble music of Java and Bali made up of predominantly percussion instruments.

A

Gamelan

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3
Q

True or False?

Balinese and Javanese gamelan instruments look the same and different only in name.

A

True

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4
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Used for court music

A

Javanese

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5
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Used for sacred music

A

Balinese

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6
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Percussion dominated

A

Javanese

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7
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Consist EXCLUSIVELY of percussion instruments

A

Balinese

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8
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Refined, controlled style of playing and solemn in character

A

Javanese

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9
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Employ sudden changes in tempo

A

Balinese

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10
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Frequently included singers

A

Javanese

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11
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Dynamics is emphasized

A

Balinese

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12
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Sounds are very bright and brilliant

A

Balinese

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13
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Use of fast and rattling sounds of cymbals give distinct characteristics

A

Balinese

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14
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Instruments are kept together in a bale, a large, open space with a roof over the top with several open sides.

A

Balinese

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15
Q

Javanese or Balinese

Gamelans are owned by the nobility or temples and kept in their respective compounds

A

Balinese

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16
Q

The term used for every kind of Gamelan music in Java.

A

Karawitan

17
Q

What instrument?

Plays the MELOD(B)Y in a gamelan ensemble

A

Bonang

18
Q

What instrument?

10-14 tuned metal bars suspended over a tuned resonator of bamboo or metal tapped with a mallet made of wooden disks (Bali) or padded wooden disk (Java)

A

Gender

19
Q

What instrument?

seven bronze bars placed on top of a resonating frame (rancak) and is played on the floor by a seated performer. It produces a tone one octave higher than the demung

A

Saron

20
Q

What instrument?

A set of small gongs
(k_)

A

Kenong

21
Q

What instrument?

Largest bronze gong in the Javanese and Balinese
orchestra and the most important instrument of the Gamelan

A

Gong Ageng

22
Q

What instrument?

A set of pi(k)tched, hanging knobbed gongs made of bronze, wood, and cords.
(k_)

A

Kempul

23
Q

What instrument?

Six small bronze cymbals mounted upside down and played with two held in the bands. They are typically mounted on the back of the wooden sculpture of a turtle.

A

Ceng-ceng (kw: UPSIDE DOWN, TURTLE)

24
Q

Set of drums of a different sizes. They are used for the most solemn or majestic pieces or may be paired with the kendang katipung which is used in faster tempos and less solemn pieces.
(k_)

A

Kendang (SOLEMN and MAJESTIC)