MUSIC: Music of Indonesia Flashcards
(24 cards)
The name Indonesia is derived from [ ] and [ ].
Latin Indus (India) and the Greek nesos (island).
The traditional ensemble music of Java and Bali made up of predominantly percussion instruments.
Gamelan
True or False?
Balinese and Javanese gamelan instruments look the same and different only in name.
True
Javanese or Balinese
Used for court music
Javanese
Javanese or Balinese
Used for sacred music
Balinese
Javanese or Balinese
Percussion dominated
Javanese
Javanese or Balinese
Consist EXCLUSIVELY of percussion instruments
Balinese
Javanese or Balinese
Refined, controlled style of playing and solemn in character
Javanese
Javanese or Balinese
Employ sudden changes in tempo
Balinese
Javanese or Balinese
Frequently included singers
Javanese
Javanese or Balinese
Dynamics is emphasized
Balinese
Javanese or Balinese
Sounds are very bright and brilliant
Balinese
Javanese or Balinese
Use of fast and rattling sounds of cymbals give distinct characteristics
Balinese
Javanese or Balinese
Instruments are kept together in a bale, a large, open space with a roof over the top with several open sides.
Balinese
Javanese or Balinese
Gamelans are owned by the nobility or temples and kept in their respective compounds
Balinese
The term used for every kind of Gamelan music in Java.
Karawitan
What instrument?
Plays the MELOD(B)Y in a gamelan ensemble
Bonang
What instrument?
10-14 tuned metal bars suspended over a tuned resonator of bamboo or metal tapped with a mallet made of wooden disks (Bali) or padded wooden disk (Java)
Gender
What instrument?
seven bronze bars placed on top of a resonating frame (rancak) and is played on the floor by a seated performer. It produces a tone one octave higher than the demung
Saron
What instrument?
A set of small gongs
(k_)
Kenong
What instrument?
Largest bronze gong in the Javanese and Balinese
orchestra and the most important instrument of the Gamelan
Gong Ageng
What instrument?
A set of pi(k)tched, hanging knobbed gongs made of bronze, wood, and cords.
(k_)
Kempul
What instrument?
Six small bronze cymbals mounted upside down and played with two held in the bands. They are typically mounted on the back of the wooden sculpture of a turtle.
Ceng-ceng (kw: UPSIDE DOWN, TURTLE)
Set of drums of a different sizes. They are used for the most solemn or majestic pieces or may be paired with the kendang katipung which is used in faster tempos and less solemn pieces.
(k_)
Kendang (SOLEMN and MAJESTIC)
