Instruments
Musical Form
Bali
Popular Javanese Music
Cultural/Historical Significance
100
An ensemble of instruments such as those found in the Javanese courts.
What is a gamelan?
100
Javanese tuning system.
What is Laras?
100
An archaic type of Balinese court opera and its accompanying orchestra.
What is Gamelan Gambuh?
100
A type of Islamic song a having Arabic influence; the name of the plucked lute originally used to accompany this song.
What is Gambus?
100
A Piece for the Prince.
What is "Puspawarna"?
200
Instruments made of metal.
What are metallophones?
200
A five-note scale in Javanese tuning system.
What is slendro?
200
Older Balinese court music, used for court and temple rituals, similar in sound and style to the Javanese gamelan.
What is Gamelan Gong Gede?
200
Popular Indonesian musical style that combines Western rock and Indian film music influences.
What is Dangdut?
200
Indonesian shadow-puppet theater.
What is wayang kulit?
300
An instrument with metal ingot-shaped keys tied to a shallow trough made of wood, played by striking keys with a wooden mallet.
What is a saron
300
A seven-note scale in the Javanese tuning system.
What is pelog?
300
Large, Balinese court orchestra that plays instrumental versions of gamelan gambuh melodies.
What is Gamelan Semar Pegunligan?
300
A type of popular Indonesian music originating from Portuguese-derived sources.
What is Kroncong?
300
Balinese puppeteer.
What is dalang?
400
Largest hanging bronze instrument at a meter in diameter.
What is Gong ageng?
400
The marking of fixed beats within the metric structure of a musical piece by particular instruments.
What is colotomic structure?
400
Four-piece ensemble of genders that typically accompanies the Balinese shadow play.
What is Gender Wayang?
400
Popular Indonedian music that is derived from the native folk entertainment of Sunda (West Java).
What is Jaipongan?
400
Musical repertory and practices.
What is karawitan?
500
A metal bowl with lid that sits on the ground and when struck sounds like a dull-sounding "clunk".
What is ketuk?
500
A musical phrase punctuated by the largest of the gamelan's gongs.
What is Gongan?
500
A modern type of Balinese music and the dance it accompanies, which is noted for its virtuosic and unpredictable playing style.
What is Gamelan Gong Kebyar?
500
Musician responsible for introducing the amalgamation of various Sundanese musical components that started the jaipongan craze in 1974.
Who is Gugum Gumbira?
500
Indonesian shadow-puppet theater.
What is Bedhaya?
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