Indonesian Gamelan.pptx

Indonesian Gamelan Instruments for Grade 8

1. Indonesian Music: The Gamelan

2. Gamelan (Java or Bali) Can also be spelled as gamelan or gamelin Indigenous orchestra type of the Island of Bali and Java Consisting largely of several varieties of gongs and various set of tuned metal instruments that are struck with mallet. The gongs are either suspended vertically or placed flat

3. Gamelan Ensemble

4. Gamelan Musical Instruments Gong Bonang Gambang Gender Kemanak Kendang Kepyak Reyong Gangsa Kenong/Kethuk Peking Saron Siter Slenthem Suling

5. Gong Round Shaped instrument that originated from southeast Asia

6. Bonang A collection of small gongs placed horizontally onto strings on a wooden frame either one or two rows wide

7. Gambang Xylophone like instrument with wooden or bamboo bars that rest on an oblong boxlike wooden resonator

8. Gender Consists of 10-14 metal bars suspended over a tuned resonator of metal or bamboo which are tapped with a mallet made of wooden disk or padded wooden disks

9. Kemanak Banana shaped like instrument made of bronze

10. Kendang Two Headed Drum

11. Kepyak Percussion Instrument played by the dalang of a wayang performance

12. Reyong A long row of metal gongs suspended on a frame

13. Gangsa Several tuned metal bars placed over a resonator

14. Kenong/Kethuk Kind of gong that is placed on the side

15. Peking Melodic instrument of the Gamelan

16. Saron An instrument with seven bronze bars on top of a resonating frame

17. Siter Plucked box-zither type of instrument

18. Slenthem Part of the Gender Family

19. Suling Bamboo Ring Flute

20. Gamelan Scales No two Gamelan are precisely tuned alike Each instrument is tuned to match the Ensemble The two scales of the gamelan are called PELOG- 7 note scale SLENDRO- 5 notes scale

21. Let us listen to different Gamelan Music Ensembles