The music of
Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity, the local musical creativity, as
well as subsequent foreign musical influences that shaped contemporary music
scenes of Indonesia. Nearly thousands of Indonesian islands having its own
cultural and artistic history and character. This results in hundreds of
different forms of music, which often accompanies dance and theater. The music
of Java, Sumatra, Bali, and other islands. The music Native Indonesian tribes
often incorporate chants and songs accompanied with musics instruments in their
rituals.
GAMELAN
A gamelan is
a traditional musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of
Java and Bali. A gamelan is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built
and tuned to stay together instruments
from different gamelan are generally not interchangeable. For most Indonesians,
gamelan music is an integral part of Indonesian culture.
Javanese
gamelans use two tuning systems: slendro and pelog. In central Javanese gamelan,
slendro is a system with five notes to the octave, fairly evenly spaced, while
pelog has seven notes to the octave, with uneven intervals.
Balinese
gamelan instruments are commonly played in pairs which are tuned slightly apart
to produce interference beats, at a consistent speed for all pairs.
Gamelan is
also found outside of Indonesia. There are forms of gamelan that have developed
outside Indonesia, such as in the United States and in Malaysia.
ANGKLUNG
The Angklung
is a musical instrument made of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame.
The tubes are carved to have a resonant pitch when struck and are tuned to
octaves. The base of the frame is held in one hand, whilst the other hand
strikes the instrument. Angklung in
Indonesia played by the Sundanese
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