2. INDONESIA
Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia
comprising approximately 17, 500 islands. With over
238 million people, Indonesia is the world’s fourth
most populous country and is the fourth biggest
nation in the world.
3. INDONESIA
Through interaction with other cultures such as
Indian, Arabic, Chinese and European, a wide range
of musical styles has been developed. Today, the
contemporary music of Indonesia is popular not only
in the region but also in the neighboring countries.
4. INDONESIA
There are two basic kinds of Indonesian
music scale:
•Slendro – pentatonic scale
•Pelog – heptatonic scale
6. PELOG
Pelog is one of the two essential
scales of Gamelan. In Javanese the
term is said to be a variant of the word
“pelag” meaning fine or beautiful.
Pelog has seven notes, but many
gamelan ensembles only have keys for
five of the pitches. Even in ensembles
that have all seven notes, many pieces
only use a subset of five notes.
10. GAMELAN
The gamelan or gamelan orchestra is the most
popular form of music in Indonesia. It is a generic term
for traditional musical ensembles of Java and Bali which
comprises predominantly of percussive instruments.
11. GAMELAN
Instruments used in gamelan:
• Metallophones
• Kendang and Gongs
• Bamboo Flutes
• Bowed and plucked strings
12. METALLOPHONES
A metallophone is any musical
instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which
are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet.
14. KENDANG AND GONGS
Kendang is a two-headed drum used by
peoples from Maritime Southeast Asia. Kendang is
one of the primary instruments used in
the Gamelan ensembles of Java and Bali.
16. KENDANG AND GONGS
Gongs are broadly of three types.
'Suspended gongs are more or less flat, circular
discs of metal suspended vertically by means of
a cord passed through holes near to the top
rim. Bossed gongs have a raised centre boss
and are often suspended and played
horizontally. Bowl gongs are bowl-shaped, and
rest on cushions and belong more to bells than
gongs. Gongs are made mainly
from bronze or brass but there are many
other alloys in use.
17. KENDANG AND GONGS
Indonesian gongs are percussion instruments that
have a unique, bowl-like appearance, and a round knob
in the center. They're commonly used in traditional
gamelan music ensembles.
19. BAMBOO FLUTES (SULING)
Suling or Seruling is
an Indonesian bamboo ring flute. It is used
in gamelan ensembles. Depending on the regional genre,
a suling can be tuned into different scales. Sulings are
made mainly of "tamiang" bamboo, a long, thin-walled
bamboo tube. The mouthpiece of the suling is circled with
a thin band made of rattan near a small hole.
21. BONANG
The bonang is a musical instrument used in
the Javanese gamelan. It is a collection of small gongs
(sometimes called "kettles" or "pots") placed horizontally
onto strings in a wooden frame (rancak), either one or two
rows wide. All of the kettles have a central boss, but
around it the lower-pitched ones have a flattened head,
while the higher ones have an arched one. They are
typically hit with padded sticks (tabuh).
23. INDONESIA
• Pesindhen – is a female soloist singer who sings with a
gamelan.
• Gerong – refers to the unison male chorus that sings with
the gamelan.
