Grade 8 Southeast Asian Music

5. • Gambus and Qasidah
• Keroncong
• Dangdut –

6. • Slendro – is a pentatonic scale and older than
the pelog scale
• Pelog - is one of the two essential scales used in
gamelan.

7. • Vocal – music in the form of long historical
narratives, courting and love songs, devotional
praise melodies, and children song.
a. Lagu Dalanan – children’s song
b. Dukun Dances – theatrical and shamanic
dances
c. Kotehan – magic

8. • Instrumental – music produced by Indonesian
musical instruments

9. • used to accompany dances, songs, and Wayang
Kulit.
• believed to possess supernatural powers
• Consider their instruments sacred, therefore
stepping over the instruments is a sign of disrespect
• Musicians bow before playing the instruments to
show respect

10. • used for court music
• percussion dominated
• Refined, controlled style of playing and solemn
in character
• Frequently included singer
• Played in the Pendopo

11. • Used for sacred music
• Consist exclusively of percussion instruments
• Employ sudden changes in tempo (Irama)
• Dynamic is emphasized
• Sounds are very bright and brilliant

12. • Use of fast and rattling sounds of cymbals give
distinct characteristics
• Instruments are kept together in a bale, a large,
open space with a roof over the top with several
open sides
• Gamelan are owned by new nobility or temples
and kept in their respective compounds.

13. Is a female soloist
singer who sings
with a gamelan.
Refers to the
unison male chorus
that sings with the
gamelan
Is the term or
every kind of
gamelan music in
Java.

15. Siam is the old name of Thailand. It is
known for being the sole nation in
Southeast Asia that has never been
ruled by a Western power. It is for this
reason that the country is also called
“Muang Thai,” which means “Land of
the Free.”

16. • Uses pentatonic scale
• Melody is heterophonic
• Uses duple meter
• Uses layered rhythms and pitches rather than the
usual harmony
• Purely oral in culture and has no written
notational styles
• Calms the mind and satiates the soul

17. • Pleng luk thung (Thai country music) – invented
in the early 1950s that reflects daily trials and
tribulations of rural Thais.
• Mor Lam – distinctively a Laotian genre
characterized by rapid-fire, rhythmic vocals, and
funk-feel percussion. It focuses on the daily life
of the rural poor.

18. • Kantrum – a swift and traditional dance music
• Pop and Rock
a. Phleng Thai Sakon – is a Thai music that blends
traditional elements with the use of Western notation
and instruments.
b. Wong Shadow – is a western rock patterned after the
music of Cliff Richards and his band, the Shadows
c. Phleng pheua chiwit (songs of life) – is a nationalistic
Thai song

19. • Piphat – is a kind of ensemble in the classical music
of Thailand, which features wind and percussion
instruments. This ensemble has different types but
the highly ornate one is traditionally associated with
funerals and cremation ceremonies. Other versions
of the Piphat ensemble are used to accompany
specific forms of traditional Thai Drama such as the
large shadow puppet theater (Nang Yai) and the
Khon dance Drama.

20. • Khrueang Sai – is performed during popular village
affairs, using combined strings and wind
instruments. This ensemble is used for instrumental
indoor performance and used to accompany the
Thai hoon grabok (Stick Puppet Theatre).

21. • Mahori – is traditionally played by women in the
courts of Central Thailand and Cambodia. Because
of this, instruments for this ensemble are
historically smaller. However, regular-sized
instruments are used today. A vocalist performing
with the Mahori is usually accompanied by the so
sam sai.