Gamelan 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? MusicGamelanGCSEOCR Created by: beccap1Created on: 18-02-14 18:17 What are the main instruments in Gamelan music? Gongs, metallophones and drums 1 of 30 Where did Gamelan music originate? Java and Bali in Indonesia 2 of 30 What is it played by? A gamelan, a kind of persussion orchestra 3 of 30 How many instruments are there in a Balinese Gamelan? 4 to 40 4 of 30 How many instruments are there in a Gamelan from Java? 15 to 20 5 of 30 How to players learn their parts? By listening, watching and copying their teacher 6 of 30 Which parts do the players learn? All of them so they understand how the parts fit togethr 7 of 30 What is the five-note scale called? Slendro, the notes are split evenly throughout an octave, roughly equivalent to a pentatonic scale 8 of 30 What is the seven note scale called? Pelog 9 of 30 What is the main tune called? The Balungan or Pokok 10 of 30 What is the tune played by? The metallophone. for example the saron 11 of 30 What plays variations on the main tune? Higher-pitched sarons, often doubling up notes 12 of 30 What plays the main tune? The middle-pitched sarong 13 of 30 What plays bits of the tune? The lower-pitched instruments, often missing out the last beat of the bar 14 of 30 What embellishes the tune? The other instruments by adding extra notes to make it sound more impressive 15 of 30 What is the gender? An instrument with narrow keys made of bronze with bamboo pipes underneath 16 of 30 What are bonangs? A family of instruments with two rows of gongs resting on s wooden frame 17 of 30 What are gambangs? Xylophones with wooden bars 18 of 30 What is a celempung? A plucked string instrument, like a mini-harp 19 of 30 What is a rebab? A two stringed fiddle 20 of 30 What is a suling? A bamboo wind instrument, like a flute but you blow through the end not over the side 21 of 30 What marks the rhythm? Gongs 22 of 30 What is the rhythmic cycle called? The gongan 23 of 30 What plays on the last beat of the bar? The gong ageng, the biggest hanging gong 24 of 30 What are the smaller sections marked by? The kempul(medium hanging gongs) and the kenong and ketug which rest horizontally 25 of 30 What is a bar called? How many beats are there per bar? A keteg has 4 beats per bar 26 of 30 What do drummers do? Keep the tempo and cue in the other players 27 of 30 What is the bigger drum called? The kendang gending 28 of 30 What is the smaller one called? The ketipung 29 of 30 What other percussion is there Wood blocks, metal plates and small cymbals 30 of 30
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