Gamelan

Gamelan

History
1. Bronze-age technology
2. 1300-1500: Majapahit
  1. 1500's - 1900's flourishing of culture
    1. Dutch ( late 19th - early 20th ) : Puputan
3. tied to 'Agama Hindu' religion
Music from Bali
1. important: culture, instruments, musical structure
  1. 210 day calender
  2. Oldalan festival annual festival
    1. Anniversary of the mother temple
      1. Gunung Agung (volcano) - mount meru
  3. Music in Balinese life
    1. community
      1. Banjar (smallest political unit
      2. Sekaha (gamelan club)
      3. religion and art are integrated
    2. concept
      1. Rame: copiousness or fullness
      2. Taksu : the charismatic power of a great performer
  4. modernisation
    1. tourists
      1. attention of scholars : walter spies, colin mcphee
        Academy of : KOKAR high school
        STSI : college of performing arts
        competitions and arts festivals
        Pesta Kesenian
Scales in Bali
1. All gamelan have an individual or unique tuning
  1. instruments are grouped in pairs
    1. pairs are tuned slightly apart
      1. The two waves of different frequency results in constructive and destructive interference
      2. difference in volume
      3. produces beating/shimmering - ombak (wave)
2. several tuning systems
  1. most common have 4,5,7 notes
    1. shared with java
    2. 7 is uncommon
      1. usually 5 notes are extracted
3. Two types
  1. Pelog
    1. Pelog scales have 7 notes
      1. Selisir uses 5 of these notes
        ding,dong,deng,dung,dang
        C#,D,E - G#,A -
      2. Tembung has 5 also
        dung,dang,ding,dong,deng
        C#,D - F#,G#,A -
      3. Sunaren
        dung,dang,ding,dong,deng
        - D,E, - G#,A,B
    2. means beautiful
  2. slendro
    1. ding,dong,deng,dung,dang
      1. A, C, D, E, G

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