GAMELAN The Traditional Instruments From Java

Gamelan is surely not a foreign music. It has been popular continents and has created a new blend of jazz-gamelan music, gave birth to the institution as a learning space and gamelan music expression, to produce famous gamelan musicians. Gamelan music instrument can now be enjoyed in many parts of the world, but Yogyakarta is the most appropriate place to enjoy gamelan it since you can enjoy the original version. 

Gamelan developing in Yogyakarta is Javanese gamelan, a different form of gamelan Balinese gamelan or Sundanese gamelan. Javanese gamelan has a softer tone and slow, unlike the Balinese gamelan and Sundanese gamelan smart highly dominated lilting voice and flute. The difference is natural, since Java has a view of life that is expressed in the rhythm of gamelan music.

Javanese philosophy expressed in gamelan music is the harmony of physical and spiritual life, harmony in talking and acting so as not to create explosive expression and tolerance between people realize. Concrete manifestation in his music is the pull rope fiddle being, balanced blend of sound kenong, saron drums and xylophone and gong sounds on every cover of rhythm. 

There is no clarity about the history of the emergence of musicians. Gamelan gong expected since emergence, fiddle, pat into the mouth, the friction on the rope or thin bamboo to familiar musical instruments from metal. Further development after named gamelan, music was used to accompany wayang performance, and dance. It was only some time later stands as the music itself and equipped with voice sinden.

A set of gamelan consists of several musical instruments , including a set of similar musical instrument drum called drums, fiddle and zither , xylophone , gongs and bamboo flutes . The main components that make up the gamelan music instruments are bamboo , metal , and wood . Each tool has its own function in gamelan music show , for example gong music acts to close a long rhythm and gave the balance after the music was decorated by gending rhythm .

Javanese gamelan is music with pentatonic melodies . The complete gamelan game consists of two rounds , the slendro and pelog . Slendro has 5 tones per octave , ie 1 2 3 5 6 [ C - D E + GA ] with small interval difference . Pelog has 7 tones per octave , ie 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [ C + D E - F # G # AB ] with big interval difference . Gamelan music composition created with some rules , which consist of several rounds and pathet , limited by a gong and the melodies were created in a unit consisting of 4 tones .

You can see gamelan as a separate musical performances as well as a dance or performing arts such as wayang kulit and Ketoprak . As a show of its own , gamelan music is usually combined with the sounds of the Javanese singers (male singers and female singers called wiraswara called waranggana ) . Gamelan music performances were held now be a classic or contemporary gamelan . One form of contemporary gamelan is jazz - gamelan as a combination of music with pentatonic and diatonic tone .

One of the places in Yogyakarta where you can see performances of gamelan is the sultan's palace . On Thursday at 10:00 to 12:00 pm gamelan as a musical performance itself. On Saturday at the same time held the gamelan music as accompaniment shadow puppets , while on Sunday at the same time held the gamelan music as accompaniment of traditional Javanese dance . To see the show , you can go to Sri Maganti Ward . As for seeing the old gamelan , you can go to another palace which lies further to the rear .

You can download the Yogyakarta Gamelan Instrument here :

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Posted by The Funny Live in Magelang on Jumat, 11 April 2014 - Rating: 4.5

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