Balinese

Gamelan
Objectives

– To see what is Balinese music

– What makes up a Balinese gamelan
– To see what is Balinese gamelan sounds
like.
 MAKING MEANING

– TONE QUALITY- the character of

musical tones with reference to their
richness or perfection
– TEXTURE- The thickness and thinness of
sounds in music
– RHYTHM- a strong, regular, repeated
pattern of movement or sound.
Balinese Music

– Usually played in open/closed temples and

pavilions, rich in melody and in texture
– Shaped by Javanese music, lack of religious
influence, and tourism.
– Gamelan means gong, an instrument from Bali,
term for the band
– Uses a pentatonic scale
The instruments of a
BALINESE GAMELAN

– Usually consists of genders and gongs

– More percussion
– They are as follows;
1. Genders
2. Gongs
3. Kendang
– Can be enhanced (e.g: Bamboo flutes)
– UGAL a bronze metallphone that are suspended over tuned
bamboo resonators. Usually plays the melody.
– JEGOGAN- it plays the lowest note on the ensemble
– JUBLAG- also called as calung, also plays melody.
– KANTIL- the smallest of the metallophone. It can play
melody or interlocking rhythm.
– PEMADE- a metallophone that plays the higher octave of
ugal. Plays the main melody of the piece.
– REYONG- these are gongs or kettles mounted on a frame.
Plays interlocking pattern
– GONGS- this consists of two hanging gongs.
– KENDHANG- two pairs of drums
– KEMPLI- this is a horizontal gong that keeps time.
– CENG-CENG- consist of four horizontally mounted
cymbals
– TROMPONG- these are ten small gongs that play
an ornamentation of the melody
Genders

– Has bronze keys over bamboo resonators

– Like a xylophone
– Tuned in pairs
Gongs

– The most familiar instrument of the gamelan

– Can be lying or hanging
– Usually in a set of 7-12 for the musician
Kendang

– A pair of double ended drums

– Used to conduct the ensamble
BALINESE GAMELAN
 RECAP

– Interlocking patterns to create a sense of

rapidity is a unique feature of the Balinese
Gamelan.
– Balinese Gamelan is dynamic with loud
and bright sounds. It is also use for
religious purposes but it is well known for
its secular used too.
 HOMEWORK

– SHOW AND TELL

– Bring a picture of an instruments use in Thailand’s Piphat
music and tell something about the instruments.
– Ex.; what it’s made of, what is the role of the instrument.
REPORT
– A group will report Thailands piphat.
Sources

– Hays, Jeffrey. “BALINESE MUSIC.” Facts and Details,

factsanddetails.com/indonesia/Minorities_and_Regions/su
b6_3h/entry-4029.html.
– Duimelaar, Pieter. “Gamelan Bali.” Balinese Gamelan
Instruments, www.gamelan-bali.eu/instruments.html.
– “BALINESE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE - Sacred Ritual NGABEN
Music [HD].” YouTube, YouTube, 1 Oct. 2015,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_93HkMujys.