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  Gamelan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In addition, there are gamelan ensembles composed entirely of bamboo-keyed instruments, of bamboo flutes, of zithers, or of unaccompanied voices with the functions of metallophones or gongs in the metal ensemble transferred to surrogates.
Gamelan Son of Lion, a group that focuses on newly-composed music by both the composer-members of the group and invited composers from around the world.
Gamelan Sari Raras is an active Javanese ensemble in Berkeley, California; the name was given to the group by Widiyanto (aka Midiyanto), and the instruments, brought to the U.S. from Java in 1971, are named Kyai Udan Mas, or Venerable Golden Rain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gamelan   (2274 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Music of Indonesia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Gamelan Degung is a Sundanese musical ensemble that utilises a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of pelog scale.
A Gamelan Gadhon is an ensemble consisting of the soft instruments of the Javanese gamelan.
Gamelan angklung is a style traditionally played at religious ceremonies such as cremations.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Indonesia   (4082 words)

  
 Music of Indonesia - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The soul of the gamelan is believed to reside in the large gong, or gong ageng.
Gamelan salendro is used primarily to accompany classical or more modern social dances, and is considered a low-class form.
Gamelan jegog is an ensemble of instruments made from giant bamboo up to 3 meters long.
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 Music of Indonesia
The most popular and famous form of Indonesian music is gamelan, an ensemble of tuned percussion instruments that include metallophones, drums, gongs and spike fiddles along with bamboo flutes.
Bali is known for its imitative "monkeychant", or kecak, singing style, in which the men imitate jungle monkeys while gamelan rhythms accompany them.
There is a style of kroncong native to Surakarta (Solo) called langgam jawa, which fuses kroncong with the gamelan seven-note scale.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/music_of_indonesia.html   (1459 words)

  
 Links
Gamelan Hawaii (www.cba.hawaii.edu/remus/gamelan): information on Javanese and Balinese gamelan, including the introduction Toward an appreciation of Javanese gamelan by Prof.
Gamelan Network, UK (www.gamelannetwork.co.uk): information on resources for schools and the community (including a list of teachers), and performing groups.
Samples of Gamelan Kyai Parijata (www.xs4all.nl/~gjvo/gamelan/delft): downloadable samples from the central Javanese pélog/sléndro gamelan in the Museum Nusantara at Delft, Netherlands, with documentation.
www.gamelan.org.uk /links.htm   (673 words)

  
 Swarthmore College Library: World Music - Southeast Asia
Traditional music of Bali for gamelan, or wordless men's chorus.
H MCD 408 Music from the morning of the world: the Balinese gamelan and Ketjak, the Ramayana monkey chant.
Performed by Djimat Bertong Sadeg, with gamelan orchestra.
www.swarthmore.edu /Library/underhill/Music/seasia.html   (442 words)

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