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15 Cards in this Set
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where are the origins of the gamelan? 2 |
• Hindu courts of Central Java • later moved to Hindu-Buddhist courts of East Java |
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what are the social functions of Javanese gamelan in Central Java?4 |
1. court dance 2. Wayang Kulit: shadow puppet theatre 3. ritual music 4. concert music
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what are the musical characteristics of Javanese gamelan in Central Java? 4 |
Four groups of instruments: 1. Melodic: plays balungan (skeleton melody) 2. Elaborating: decorated balungan 3. Colotomic: marks temporal (time) structure 4. Rhythmic: percussion
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what are the two tuning systems to Javanese gamelan in Central Java? 2 |
1. Sléndro: 5 6 1 2 3 (equidistant) 2. Pélog: 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 (large and small intervals) |
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define: pathet |
tuning system |
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what instruments are in the melodic group? 2 |
1. Saron family 2. Slenthum family (from génder family)
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what instruments are in the elaborating group? 2 |
1. Bonang Family 2. Gender Family
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what instruments are in the colotomic group? 4 |
1. Kethuk = t 2. Kenong = n 3. Kempul = p 4. Gongs = G |
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what instrument is in the rhythmic group? |
kendhang |
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what are the social dimensions of Gamelan music? 4 |
1. spirituality 2. identity 3. musical stratification and social hierarchy 4. musical time and social time |
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describe spirituality of gamelan music 3 |
• the making of instruments is a spiritual process • instrument itself has a spirit • do not step over it because spirits live in them |
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describe the identity of gamelan music |
• naming • tuning • carving • set of gamelan is specific to its set. can not interchange • set of gamelan is tuned to its set, will not match other gamelans |
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describe the social hierarchy of gamelan music 2 |
• balungan (skeleton melody) and elaboration of balungan • irama (tempo) levels |
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describe musical and social time with gamelan music 2 |
1. ritual music 2. cyclical time |
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what can we learn about Javanese society through gamelan music? |
think :) |
