Gamelan music

Question 1

Melody of gamelan music

Answer 1

built up in layers
5 notes are spread equally
two scales:
- slendro: 5 notes gamelan scale
- pelog: 7 notes gamelan scale

Question 2

timbre of gamelan music

Answer 2

javanese drum- keeps tempo
javanese gongs- marks rhythm
metallophone- melody, harmony
gong chime
drums & symbals
kempul: smaller hanging gong
gender: narrow keys made of bronze
bonang (gong chime)- two rows of gongs
suling- bamboo flute
rebab-two stringed fiddle
ugal- two octave metallophone
gong ageng- biggest gong
gambang- xylophone with wooden bars

Question 3

rhythmic features of gamelan

Answer 3

cyclic rhythm
polyrhythms
cross rhythms
rhythmic development
rhythmic imitation
call and response