The document discusses traditional music from Southeast Asia, focusing on gamelan music from Indonesia. It describes gamelan as the indigenous orchestra of Java and Bali, consisting of various tuned metal instruments like gongs and metallophones struck with mallets. It explains that in Java, court musicians composed and performed music for nobility, helping define cultural identity. Gamelan is often played during rituals and ceremonies, preferring a mellow sound produced by padded hammers. The document proceeds to describe the various instruments that make up a Javanese gamelan, including metallophones, gongs, drums, lutes, flutes, xylophones, and zithers.

1. MUSIC 8
SOUTHEASTH ASIAN MUSIC

2. Introduction
How is the music
culture influenced
by the community,
by the
government, or by
the experts?

3. Indonesian
Gamelan
•Gamelan is the
indigenous orchestra type
of the Java and Bali in
Indonesia. It Consist of
several gongs and
various sets of tuned
metal instruments that are
stuck with mallets.

5. Javanese
Gamelan

6. Javanese
Gamelan
• In Java, the introduction of
Islam created a tripartite
society divided into
abangan (peasantry), santri
(Islamic, usually merchant),
and prijaji (nobility and
culture ilite). The court
musician composed and
performed for the nobility,
which then defined cultural
identity.

7. Javanese
Gamelan
•Javanese gamelan is often
performed during sacred
rituals and ceremonies. It is
the best suited for temples
and palaces because of its
gentle and refined nature.
There is a preference for a
mellow sound, produced by
thickly-padded hammers

8. Parts of
Javanese
Gamelan

9. BONANG

10. Bonang
1. These are knobbed
gongs placed in
ropes that are
attached to a
wooden frame.
These horizontal
gongs are played
with two padded
sticks.

11. Saron
Panerus
2. Saron panerus (also
called saron peking),
saron barung, and
Saron demung. A saron
is a bronze
metallaphone placed
over a box resonator. It
is played with a mallet
called tabuh.

12. Saron Panerus

13. Slenthem
3. An instrument
made of thin bronze
keys of fine alloy that
plays the melody of
another line. It is
played using only one
stick.

14. Slenthem

15. Gender
4. In some types of gamelan,
two gender are used: the
gender panerus and the
gender barung. Both are thin
metal bar instruments that are
suspended over tube
resonators. They played
elaboration of the main
melody. They played by
striking the bronze keys with
padded sticks.

17. Gong Ageng, Gong suwuk, and Kempul
5. These are hanging gongs
that play divisions of line and
sections.

19. Kenong
6. These are horizontal
gongs. They are
punctuating
instruments which are
played by striking the
gongs with padded
sticks.

21. Kendhang
7. These are double-
headed drums used to
signal the ensemble
through rhythm.

23. Ketuk and Kempyang
8. These are horizontal
gongs that play a “thuk”
and “pang” sound in
alternation.

25. Rebab
9. This is two-
stringed lute usually
used to perform the
melody.

27. Suling
10. This is a vertical
flute which is used to
perform the melody.

29. Gabang
11. This is a xylophone
made out wood. It is
played by striking the
wooden keys with padded
sticks.

31. Celempong
12. This is a zither
used to embellish the
melody of the
gamelan.