MUS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Erhu, Rebab, Gong Ageng
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Islamic nation (but many other religions thrive there like buddhism and hinduism) Gamelan is the biggest, most popular genre of music. Lots of metallic instruments are made here (out of bronze, silver, brass) Each gamelan orchestra is different because they"re tuned to each other in families. Opposed to the west, where they all tune to the oboe"s a . In indonesia, the instruments are tuned as a group, so the instruments cannot be moved to other orchestras. Slendro (5 notes, all pretty equidistant from each other) Pelog (7 notes, not equidistant from each other at all) Formal, elegant, proud, ethereal, sonic (tons of overtones are produced, and there"s tons of ringing) Colotomic structure - all those instruments have a role; those 16-beat melodies are cycles that have punctuation; aka ghending - layering of instrument parts. Gender - metal xylophones (metal and bamboo) This music goes for a deeper kind of melody (almost a hidden melody)
