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1. MUSIC 8- What to Know
It isveryimportantfor youto learnthe historical backgroundandbasicconceptsthat youwill need.
Cambodia- one of the mostbeautiful countriesinSoutheastAsian knownasKampuchea.
- Khmeristhe centerof Cambodia- Kingdomof Angkor
- Art ishighlyinfluencedbyAncientforms.
- Cambodiancourtmusic similartoJava,
- Pinpeatisa Cambodianmusical ensemble thatusuallyaccompaniesceremonial musicof royal
courts.(oneator xylophone,samphorof double drum, kongvongorgong,skorthomor twobig
rums andchhingor fingercymbals
- Piphatensemble of Thailandconsistingof nine toteninstruments,
Indonesia–world’s fourthmostpopulouscountryandthe fourthbiggestnationof the world.
- Two basickindsof musicscale
- Slendroconsist ofive equidistanttonesinoctave.
- Peloq – heptatonic7tone scale withsemi-tone.
- Polyphonicstratificationkindof melodyisaresultof hocket.Interlockingisacommon
technique usedingoingensembles.
- Irama is an Indonesiantermfortempo.
- Gamelanorchestraisthe mostpopularformof music.
- Pesindhenisafemale soloistsingerwhosingswithagamelan.
- Gerongrefersto the unisonmale chorusthatsingswiththe gamelan.
- Karawitanisthe term foreverykindof gamelanmusic
- Gamelanorchestrasare usedto accompanydances,songsand wayangkulit
- Gamelanare believedtopossesssupernatural powers.
- Gamelanconsidertheirinstrumentssacred
Myanmar-knownasBurman until 1989. EalycivilizationsinMyanmardatesback to the 1st
centurywith
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