MAPEH 8 HONING YOUR SKILLS THROUGH MAPEH 8

1. MUSIC OF INDONESIA

4. GAMELAN ORCHESTRA
• The gamelan is the traditional orchestra of
Indonesia.
•It is considered to be as important part of
the culture and tradition of this country.
• They are used to play for Wayang Kulit
performance.

5. GAMELAN ORCHESTRA
• It is an instrumental group composed of
percussion instruments made of bamboo,
bronze, and wood.
• It performs often in feasts, puppetry,
rituals and other celebration including
ceremonies.

6. THE GAMELAN INSTRUMENT

7. A. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT

8. BONANG
• Metal kettles made of bronze
which play the melodic and
rhythmic variations of a
composition.
• Two long sticks are used to
strike the bonang.

10. GAMBANG KAYU
• A wooden xylophone.
• It doubles or
anticipates the principal
melody.

12. GENDER
• Consists of thin metal plates
made of the bronze
suspended over resonating
tubes that produce loud and
brilliant tones.

14. GONG AGENG
• the biggest, most
sacred, and most
honored.

16. KEMPUL
• a small gong which plays
syncopation with the kenon.
• It punctuates short musical
phrases.

18. GONG SUWAKAN
• Gives its own wave, a bit
bigger than the ageng
which is the most
important in the set of
gongs.

20. PEKING
• a small xylophone
consisting of thick
metal bars.

22. SARON
• plays the skeletal part of the
gamelan composition.
• This is composed of metal bars
placed on top of a box resonator.
• A wooden mallet is used to strike
the bars.

24. B. STRING INSTRUMENTS

25. MANDOLIN
• a small string
instrumental played by
plucking, and belongs to
the family of lutes.

27. REBAB
• similar to the mandolin.
• It has two strings played
with an arc.

29. C. WIND INSTRUMENTS

30. SULING
• a flute made of bamboo.

31. BAMBOO
• an ancient material for
musical instruments.
• The angklung is a famous
piece for music which is
made of bamboo.

33. CHELEMPUNG
• has 26 strings wherein one
pair is set to one tone.
• This is the reason why
only thirteen tones can be
heard.