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