Traditional Balinese music, Indonesia
Balinese traditional musical instrument.
The Music of Bali , Bali is an Indonesian island that shares in the gamelan and other Indonesian musical styles . Bali, however, has its own techniques and styles, including kecak , a form of singing that imitates the sound of monkeys . In addition, the island is home to several unique kinds of gamelan, including the gamelan jegog , gamelan gong gede , gamelan gambang , gamelan selunding and gamelan semar pegulingan , the cremation music angklung and the processional music bebonangan . Modern popular styles include gamelan gong kebyar , dance music which developed during the Dutch occupation and 1950s era joged bumbung , another popular dance style. In Balinese music you can also hear metallophones, gongs and xylophones.
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Balinese gamelan
Balinese musicians.
Balinese music can be compared to Javanese music , especially that of the pre-Islamic period. During that time, Javanese tonal systems were imported to Bali.
Balinese gamelan , a form of Indonesian classical music , is louder, swifter and more aggressive than Sundanese and Javanese music. Balinese gamelan also features more archaic instrumentation than modern Sundanese and Javanese gamelans. Balinese instruments include bronze and bamboo xylophones . Gongs and a number of gong chimes , are used, such as the solo instrument trompong , and a variety of percussion instruments like cymbals , bells , drums and the anklung (a bamboo rattle ). There are two sizes of bamboo flutes , both used in theatrical music , and a rebab (two-stringed spike fiddle ).
Modern forms of Balinese gamelan include kebyar , an energetic style played by clubs, which generally compose their own music. An extensive study of gamelan gong kebyar is found in Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music (2000) by Michael Tenzer , ISBN 0-226-79281-1 and ISBN 0-226-79283-8 .
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