Gamelan 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? MusicGCSEOCR Created by: Zoe TaiCreated on: 04-12-12 10:56 Where did Gamelan originate? Bali and Java 1 of 17 What are the instruments used in Gamelan music? Gongs, Metallaphones, Drum (Kendang), occasionally: flutes, bowed strings, plucked zithers, wood xylophones, voices 2 of 17 How many people are there usually? 5-50 3 of 17 What and where is it usually played? Court Music, played at special occasions and accompaniying puppet shows 4 of 17 What does it usually have accompanying it? Dancers 5 of 17 Are all the instruments of equal importance? Yes 6 of 17 What structure does it have? Cyclic 7 of 17 What is the music played from? Aural signs there is no notation 8 of 17 What usually leads? The drum 9 of 17 What are the pentatonic scales that the instruments are tuned to called? Slendro(5) Pelog(7) 10 of 17 What is the name of the simple idea the very simple music is based on? Heterophony 11 of 17 What is the melody usually like? SHort repeated patterns 12 of 17 What is the structure like? The large gongs play at the end of a cycle to signal the change, the last beat is very important because it signal the moving on to the next section. 13 of 17 What is the cycle called? Gongan 14 of 17 What is the gongan broken down into? Smaller sections- Ketags 15 of 17 What is the mood like? Sometimes quiet and slow-medative or Fast and loud- more percussive 16 of 17 What composers has Gamelan influenced? Debussy, Poulenc, Ravel, Mike Oldfield 17 of 17
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