Indonesian and Cambodian music Flashcards
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pelog
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- 7 tones
- female scale
- expresses festivity/cheerfulness
1
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slendro
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- 5 tones
- male scale
- sounds of sadness
2
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nusantara
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all indonesian music genre that arose in the archipelago
3
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gamelan music
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- most popular form of traditional music in Indonesia
- both gong based orchestral ensemble and music style associated with it
- played mostly with hammer or padded mallet
4
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gendér
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- xylophone
- played with 2 hands, one holding a mallet with padded disk-shaped head and another mallet without
5
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saron
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- xylophone
- consists of 7 keys made of bronze alloy used for all metal sounds
6
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gambang
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- xylophone
- long wooden xylophone
- same as those of the Mindanao tribes
7
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bonang
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- gong
- plays a more elaborate version of the basic melody
8
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kempul
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- gong
- set of pitched gongs
9
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kenong
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- gong
- beaters are long cushioned sticks
- musician sits at the center
10
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gong ageng
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- gong
- marks the end of the largest section called gongan
11
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kendhang
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- drum
- played with the hand
- has skin heads on both sides
12
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angklung
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- bamboo instrument
- one distinct influence of Indonesian music on the Philippines
13
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Javanese
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- more traditional
- strings and flutes
- vocal accompaniment
- played in places and temples
- gentler style and lower pitch
14
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Balinese
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- modern/contemporary genre
- percussion dominated
- more open, infuses western music
- more metallophones than gongs
- livelier style and lower pitch
