Game Lan
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Chapter 3: History
The gamelan predates the Hindu-Buddhist culture that
dominated Indonesia in its earliest records and instead represents a
native art form. The instruments developed into their current form during
the Majapahit Empire.[6] In contrast to the heavy Indian influence in other
art forms, the only obvious Indian influence in gamelan music is in the
Javanese style of singing, and in the themes of the Wayang
kulit (shadow puppet plays).
In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by
Sang Hyang Guru in Saka era 167 (c. AD 230), the god who ruled as
king of all Java from a palace on the Maendra mountain in Medang
Kamulan (now Mount Lawu). He needed a signal to summon the gods
and thus invented the gong. For more complex messages, he invented
two other gongs, thus forming the original gamelan set.
instrument)
by
their
inclusion
of
a
double-reed
wind
(selompret, slompret, or sompret) in addition to variable drum and gong
components, with some also including the shaken bamboo angklung or
other instruments not usually associated with gamelan
Chapter 5: Gamelan Jawa (Instrument)
1. Gong
3. Kempol
4. Kenong
6. Slenthem
7. Bonang
8. Gender
9. Gendang (kendhang)
10. Gambang
11. Rehab
12. Sither
13. Suling