and sophisticated gamelanorchestra of Java and Bali. [edit]Gamelan Main article: Gamelan The most popular and famous form of Indonesian music is probably gamelan‚ an ensemble of tuned percussion instruments that include metallophones‚ drums‚ gongs and spike fiddles along with bamboo flutes. Similar ensembles are prevalent throughout Indonesia and Malaysia‚ however gamelan is originated from Java‚ Bali‚ and Lombok. In Central Java‚ gamelan is intricate and meticulously laid out. The central melody
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because of this the most popular form of Indonesian music is gamelan. Gamelan is an ensemble of percussion instruments including metallophones‚ drums‚ and gongs. Rhythm is defined as how the sounds and silences of music are organized in time. Gamelan has a rhythm that is not necessarily metric‚ free or layered ostinatos. The rhythm of a gamelan piece is based upon cycles of time‚ which are oriented around gong cycles. So in most gamelan pieces there is a gong cycle‚ then what Westerners would consider
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Historically‚ baju kurung supposed to be related with the dress ’djallabiyah’ which originated in Egypt‚ where it is interpreted as a loose shirt. It is difficult to prove exactly since when baju kurung was first created and used by the Malays. The question of who is first to produce and wear baju kurung arises because in its original form has been used by various ethnic groups in the archipelago. Based on some of the information; Archjadi Judi (1986)‚ baju kurung was introduced in Indonesia by
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characteristics‚ religion and social development. African and Javanese music in general are completely different from Western music‚ because Westerners tried to impose their own definition of music and norms into different musical dimensions. In the gamelan music in Java‚ all notes can be marked on a closed circle‚ and end is exactly a beginning of a new cycle as time cyclical. Meanwhile‚ in the system of African music‚ Time Unit Box System has been shown to be very successful with African rhythm. If
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History of Wayang Wayang is a Javanese word for theatre. When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre‚ sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang. There is no evidence that wayang existed before Hinduism came to southeast Asia sometime in the first century CE. However‚ there very well may have been indigenous storytelling traditions that had a profound impact on the development of the traditional puppet theatre. The first record of a wayang performance is from an inscription
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Kulintang is the (percussion) gong musical instrument of Mindanao‚ Philippines. It is a single musical instrument composed of 7-8 gongs laid horizontally on a stand. Kulintang music is considered an ancient tradition that predates the influences of Islam‚ Christianity‚ and the West. In the Philippines‚ it represents the highest form of gong music attained by Filipinos‚ Malaysians‚ and Indonesians. It is said to have existed for centuries. As ancient as this music is‚ there has never been substantial
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The pipa‚ (pronounced “pee-paa”‚) is a four-stringed Chinese instrument (a chordophone)‚ most similar to a lute that has been played for over two thousand years in China‚ and is considered to be one of the most popular instruments in China‚ even in modern times. It is considered to be a bowl lute‚ according to the “Sachs-Hornbostel” sub-category system‚ and is possibly the most prominent sound in Chinese music‚ films‚ and culture. The Symbols that represent the word “pipa‚ ” “Tian” and “Tao” are
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FACULTY OF COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES CSC 401 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EXERCISE 2: FORMATTING ARTICLE TITLE: NATIONAL SPORT HERITAGE – ‘WAYANG KULIT’ SITI NURUL WAHIDA BINTI IDRIS 2010927943 CS 220 PN NOR AZYLIA BT AHMAD AZAM Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 3 1.1. HISTORY OF WAYANG KULIT 3 2. HOW TO PLAY WAYANG KULIT 4 WAYANG KULIT 1. INTRODUCTION 2.1. HISTORY OF WAYANG KULIT The Indonesian word ’wayang’ is derived from a word meaning ’shadow’
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The first listening guide piece I chose for this assignment was listening guide 51 “Wheat Song” which is from an Egyptian film song. The second listening guide I chose is listening guide 53 “Samoan Moon” a Hawaiian song. These two pieces are very different from each other. They represent the cultures they are from by the types of instruments used‚ the types of singing and the cultural traditions they each have. Even though they have many differences these songs are very similar as well which I will
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music from other cultures to portray nonnative aspects of European society or bring new life into European Music. Ralph Locke’s spectrum of exoticism classifies compositions based on whether the piece is purely exotic or transcultural composing. Gamelan Music used different scales and rhythms that produced foreign tones when compared to European music. Therefore‚ its foreign sound is widely used in transcultural composing. Georges Bizet’s
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