test # 1 (2 nd half) friday, 14 march 2014 (next class meeting) covers only “music of the middle...
TRANSCRIPT
TEST # 1 (2nd Half)
• Friday, 14 March 2014 (next class meeting)
• Covers only “Music of the Middle East” (chapter 3)
• Written only (no listening)
• Counts for 50% of Test # 1 (on syllabus)
Udan Mas• Smith Gamelan Ensemble & Friends - 12/4/2013 - Bu
baran HUDAN MAS (Golden Rain) Pelog Barang – YouTube
• Bubaran Udan Mas. with Cardiff and Bristol Gamelan Players. – YouTube
• Bubaran Udan Mas, laras pélog pathet barang – YouTube
• University of Pittsburgh Gamelan- Bubaran Udan Mas – YouTube
• Warren Wilson College Gamelan - Udan Mas (Golden Rain) - YouTube
Three Basic Layers
• Balungen = “Nuclear Melody” – the basic “tune” (played one pitch per beat) [“skeletal melody” in textbook]
• “Colotomic Structure” = “metrical structure” of Balungen (marked at end by largest gong)
• “Elaboration” = fastest moving upper parts, division of the Baungen into smaller units
Nuclear Melody(Sarons & Slentem)
SlentemYouTube - Central Javanese Gamelan Playing Techniques - Saron
Gamelan Background & Examples
• Gamelan Tuning Systems - Slendro & Pelog – YouTube
• Gamelan structure (incl. colotomic & heterophonic) – YouTube
• Indonesian gamelan medley from Java, Sunda and Bali – YouTube (elaboration layer 8:33)
Colotomic Structure of BUBARAN
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
Gong ageng marks “Gongan”
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 GONG
Gong ageng (largest suspended)
Ex: YouTube - Central Javanese Gamelan Playing Techniques - Gong & Kempul
Kenong marks “kenongan”
1 2 3 Kenong
5 6 7 Kenong
9 10 11 Kenong
13 14 15 GONGKenong
Kenong (largest cradled gong)
Ex: YouTube - Central Javanese Gamelan Playing Techniques – Kenong
(start 1:45)
Kempul divides “Gatra”
1 Kempul 3 Kenong
5 Kempul 7 Kenong
9 Kempul 11 Kenong
13 Kempul 15 GONGKenong
Kempul (smaller suspended)
Ex: YouTube - Central Javanese Gamelan Playing Techniques - Gong & Kempul
Ketuk punctuates odd beats
Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong
Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong
Ketuk Kempul Ketuk Kenong
Ketuk Kempul Ketuk GONGKenong
Ketuk (small cradled gong)
Ex: YouTube - Gamelan - Kempyang & Ketuk
Elaboration
Bonang Gambang (wooden bars)Ex: YouTube - Gamelan - Gambang
Gender Barung (lower pitch) Gender Panerus (higher pitch)
Uses of the Gamelan• Associated w/ Royalty (private performance)
JVC 9-1 (Bali) , JVC 10-3 (Java)• Accompanies Dance
JVC 9-2 (Bali) – Pendet (welcome dance)JVC 9-3 (Bali) – Baris (Warrior Dance) [Wayang orang = Dance Drama]
• Accompanies Puppet Plays – Wayang kulitJVC 10-2 – Wedding (10 hr performance)
• Tourism (stylized performances)Ex. – Kecak (voice gamelan)JVC 10-1 (Bali) – Ramayana Epic (YouTube - Kecak Dance in Bali)
Wayang Kulit“Shadow Puppet Theater”
• YouTube - Wayang kulit excerpt 1• YouTube - Wayang kulit excerpt 2• YouTube - perang gagal (behind the scene)• YouTube - perang kembang (behind the scene)• YouTube - WAYANG KULIT “GORO-GORO” KI.
ANOM SUROTO 1 OF 11 (additional multiple parts available on YouTube)
Indonesian Dance w/ Gamelan“Gamelan Gong Kebyar”
• YouTube - Tari Kebyar Duduk
Indonesian “voice gamelan”“Kecak” (for tourists)
•YouTube - Kecak Dance in Bali
•YouTube - Tari Kecak Bali 1