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    Indonesia is an archipelago comprising over 17,500 islands and 238 million people, making it the 4th most populous country. Through interactions with other cultures, Indonesia has developed a wide range of musical styles. There are two basic Indonesian musical scales: slendro (pentatonic) and pelog (heptatonic). The gamelan orchestra, comprising metallophones, kendang drums, gongs, bamboo flutes, and bonang gong chimes, is the most popular form of traditional Indonesian music.

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    Indonesia is an archipelago comprising over 17,500 islands and 238 million people, making it the 4th most populous country. Through interactions with other cultures, Indonesia has developed a wide range of musical styles. There are two basic Indonesian musical scales: slendro (pentatonic) and pelog (heptatonic). The gamelan orchestra, comprising metallophones, kendang drums, gongs, bamboo flutes, and bonang gong chimes, is the most popular form of traditional Indonesian music.

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    Indonesia is an archipelago comprising over 17,500 islands and 238 million people, making it the 4th most populous country. Through interactions with other cultures, Indonesia has developed a wide range of musical styles. There are two basic Indonesian musical scales: slendro (pentatonic) and pelog (heptatonic). The gamelan orchestra, comprising metallophones, kendang drums, gongs, bamboo flutes, and bonang gong chimes, is the most popular form of traditional Indonesian music.

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    INDONESIA

    INDONESIA

    Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast


    Asia comprising approximately 17, 500
    islands. With over 238 million people,
    Indonesia is the worlds fourth most
    populous country and is the fourth biggest
    nation in the world.
    INDONESIA

    Through interaction with other cultures


    such as Indian, Arabic, Chinese and
    European, a wide range of musical styles has
    been developed. Today, the contemporary
    music of Indonesia is popular not only in the
    region but also in the neighboring countries.
    INDONESIA

    There are two basic kinds of


    Indonesian music scale:
    Slendro pentatonic scale
    Pelog heptatonic scale
    SLENDRO

    Slendro (called Salendro by


    the Sundanese) is the older of
    the two most common scales
    used in Indonesian Gamelan
    scale.
    PELOG
    Pelog is one of the two essential
    scales of Gamelan. In Javanese the
    term is said to be a variant of the word
    pelag meaning fine or beautiful.
    Peloghas seven notes, but many
    gamelan ensembles only have keys for
    five of the pitches. Even in ensembles
    that have all seven notes, many
    pieces only use a subset of five notes.
    INDONESIA

    Both vocal and instrumental music


    in Indonesia use slendro or pelog.
    INDONESIA

    Polyphonic Stratification kind of


    melody is a result of
    hocket/interlock.
    Irama is an Indonesian term for
    tempo.
    GAMELAN
    GAMELAN

    The gamelan or gamelan orchestra is the most


    popular form of music in Indonesia. It is a generic
    term fortraditionalmusical
    ensemblesofJavaandBaliwhich comprises
    predominantly ofpercussive instruments.
    GAMELAN

    Instruments used in gamelan:


    Metallophones
    Kendang and Gongs
    Bamboo Flutes (Suling)
    Bonang
    METALLOPHONES

    Ametallophoneis anymusical
    instrumentconsisting of tunedmetalbars
    which are struck to make sound, usually with
    amallet.
    METALLOPHONES

    Malle
    t
    KENDANG AND GONGS

    Kendang is a two-headed drum used by


    peoples from Maritime Southeast Asia.
    Kendang is one of the primary instruments
    used in theGamelanensembles ofJava and
    Bali.
    KENDANG
    KENDANG AND GONGS
    Gongs are broadly of three types.
    'Suspended gongsare more or less flat,
    circular discs of metal suspended vertically
    by means of a cord passed through holes
    near to the top rim.Bossedgongshave a
    raised centre boss and are often
    suspended and played horizontally.Bowl
    gongsare bowl-shaped, and rest on
    cushions and belong more to bells than
    gongs. Gongs are made mainly
    frombronzeorbrassbut there are many
    otheralloysin use.
    KENDANG AND GONGS

    Indonesian gongs are percussion instruments


    that have a unique, bowl-like appearance, and a
    round knob in the center. They're commonly used
    in traditional gamelan music ensembles.
    GONGS
    BAMBOO FLUTES (SULING)

    SulingorSerulingis
    anIndonesianbambooringflute. It is used
    ingamelanensembles. Depending on the regional
    genre, a suling can be tuned into different scales.
    Sulings are made mainly of "tamiang"bamboo, a
    long, thin-walled bamboo tube. The mouthpiece of
    the suling is circled with a thin band made
    ofrattannear a small hole.
    BAMBOO FLUTES
    BONANG
    Thebonangis amusical instrumentused in
    theJavanesegamelan. It is a collection of small gongs
    (sometimes called "kettles" or "pots") placed
    horizontally onto strings in a wooden frame (rancak),
    either one or two rows wide. All of the kettles have a
    central boss, but around it the lower-pitched ones have
    a flattened head, while the higher ones have an arched
    one. They are typically hit with padded sticks (tabuh).
    BONANG
    INDONESIA
    Pesindhen is a female soloist singer who sings
    with a gamelan.
    Gerong refers to the unison male chorus that
    sings with the gamelan.

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