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23 Cards in this Set
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Indonesia Profile |
Made up of thousands of islands between australia and Asia Has the worlds largest muslim population Southeast Asia's biggest economy
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Gamelan |
An indonesian Orchestra made up mostly of tuned percussion, bamboo flutes, plucked strings and drums, found mainly in Java and Bali |
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Uses of Gamelan |
Sustains tradition Heard at celebrations and theatre performances Accompanies shadow puppet plays, poetry and drama Passed on through oral tradition Emphasizes community over individual values |
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Gamelan Texture |
Heterophonic- variants of the melody are played at the same time |
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Gamelan Tonality |
Balinese tuning, not set to a standard. Varies between villages which gives each village a sense of identity Instruments are tuned slightly different to the same note to create sound waves |
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Slendro |
5 note scale tuning |
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pelog |
7 note tuning scale |
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Kenong |
A large horizantally suspended gong |
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Kethuk |
small horizantally suspended gong |
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Java |
Indonesian Island |
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The Wayang puppet theatre |
Ancient form of story telling that originated on the island of Java |
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Anklung |
An indonesian musical instrument that consists of two to four bamboo tubes suspended in a bamboo frame bound with rattan cords. Played during ceremonies, rice planting, harvest, circumcision. Idiophone |
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China Profile |
Worlds most populous country Many elements of the modern world originated here including paper money, credit banking, gunpowder and the compass |
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What comprises Chinese music |
Tang dynasty- golden age of hyberdized music, Indian, Korean, and middles eastern music Music of the Han- ethnic group that comprises the majority Nineteenth Century European influences Peoples republic of china |
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Yueju Opera |
Characterized by a combination of string and percussion instruments with elaborate costumes and face paint |
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Westernization in chinese music |
After the introduction of European music in China, composers began to produce large numbers of compositions in the styles of European models.Composers creatively blended Chinese elements into a mostly Western music frame and aesthetic producing new styles of music.
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Chen Yi |
born and raised in Guangzhou, China. Missouri, Kansas City. |
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Tan Dun |
Chinese composer born in Changsha in the Hunan province of China. Studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 1986 he moved to New York City as a doctoral student at Columbia University. earned more widespread attention after composing the score for Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which won Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a BAFTA Award.
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Bright Sheng
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The MacArthur Fellow Bright Sheng was born in Shanghai, China. He is currently the Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor at University of Michigan. Since 2000, he has been studying and researching the music phenomenon of the Silk Road culture, and has served as the Artistic Advisor to Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project Inc.
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The East is Red |
a lavish movie musical that depictsthe history of the Communist Party of China under MaoZedong from its founding in July 1921 to the establishment of "New China" in 1949.
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Warabe-Uta |
Traditional Childrens songs Often associated with play Use of pentatonic scales |
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Gagaku |
the oldest classical music in Japan, was introduced into Japan with Buddhism from China. |
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Arirang |
Popular form of korean folk song and the outcome of many contributions made by ordinary koreans throughout generations |
