General Definitions
Genres
Instruments/Techniques
Musical Features
Cultural Context
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Diverse class of mainly percussion-dominated music ensembles found on Bali, Java, and several other Indonesian islands.

Gamelan  

100

Slower, majestic Indonesian gamelan style

Central Javanese Court Gamelan

100

Popular chordophone used in Hindustani classical music

Sitar

100

Colotomic metric structure of Indonesian gamelan music

Gong cycles

100

Symbolic cultural role of all the complex interlocking rhythms found in Balinese gamelan music

Communal interdependence

200

“The Sound of God” (sacredness of sound, music as path toward communion with divine)

Nada Brahma 
200

Popular musical style from Punjab originally; often featured in Bollywood films, music videos

Bhangra 

200

Large pitched metal instrument used to regular the gamelan's metric cycles

Gong ageng 

200

Three-part texture of Indian Classical Music

Solo melody, drone, and rhythmic accompaniment 

200

The term for the spiritual collective of the arts, including music and dance in Indian traditions

Sangita

300

the "precise melody form" common in traditional Indian musical practices

raga

300

Fast, virtuosic, and frenetic Indonesian gamelan style

Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar

300

Pair of drums popular in Hindustani classical music

tabla

300

Ubiquitous set of interlocking rhythms in Balinese Gamelan music

Kilitan Telu

300

The cultural meaning of Balinese "out of tuneness" between paired instruments 

Gives life to the gamelan

400

Intentional "out of tuneness" creating acoustical beating between paired instruments in Indonesian music

Ombak

400

Balinese Ramayana dance drama that uses a vocal version of gamelan rhythms

kecak

400

Paired metallophones responsible for the fast interlocking patterns (kotekan) in Balinese gamelan music

gangsa 

400

Skeletal drum pattern that articulates the tala in Hindustani classical music

theka 

400

The terms for musical school and teacher in Indian Classical Music that relate to the incredible oral tradition of learning and performing.

gharana, guru

500
Balinese religion of "holy water" - uniquely syncretic religious practice 

Agama Tirta

500

Hindu devotional singing, inspired by Vedic chant thought to be the origin of classical Indian genres

Bhajan

500
Drum (membranophone) used to regulate the procession in Gamelan Beleganjur 

kengdang 

500

The gradual "note-by-note" expansion of a raga's melodic range as it is performed 

barhat 

500

In what ways does beleganjur music function as a “weapon” in thebattles against evil spirits that occur during Hindu-Balinese cremationprocessions?

•Frighten and deflect evil spirits (bhutas, leyaks)

•Give courage to the atma

•Energize tower carriers

•Regulate pace of procession

•At end, “ladder to Upper World” 

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