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wayang kulit
Indonesian shadow puppet theater
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gamelan
Orchestra of bronze instruments that accompanies wayang kulit theater
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Pelog
Tuning system with seven pitches per octave and differing intervals
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slendro
Tuning system with five pitches per octave and similar size intervals
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alus, kasar
- "refined" and "coarse"
- Balancing qualities in a person
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buka
short introduction to Javanese gamelon
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saron
- Thick-keyed metallophone with box resonator
- Played with single mallet and damped with other hand
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slentem
bass member of the gender family
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gender
family of thin-keyed metallophones with tube resonators
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bonang
sets of horizontal bronze kettle-gongs
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rebab
two-string spike fiddle
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gambang
woodenxylophone with box resonator
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celempung
large plucked zither
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suling
end-blown duct flute
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kenong
- set of large horizontal kettle-gongs
- taller than bonang
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kempul
small hanging gongs
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gong ageng
large vertical gong
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kendang
set of two double headed drums
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lagu
a central melody in gamelan compositions that is never explicitly heard
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balungan
core melody that dominates gamelan compositions
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kembangan
melodies with more notes per beat than balungan
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cengkok
known patterns that kembangan musicians play variations on
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patet
- Mode in gamelan music
- Heirarchy of stressed and unstressed tones and characteristic motives
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colotamic structure
regular punctuation of the composition by gong strokes playing in cycles
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gongan
large phrase defined by duration between gong notes
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rhythmic density
notes played per beat
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irama
relationships between rhythmic densities of instruments
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Kepatihan
Melodic notation in which numbers represent pitches
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Ladrang Pangkur
Javanese gamelan piece
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kebyar
Style of Balinese gamelan
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gamelan gong kebyar
- Most popular style of Balinese gamelan
- Accompanies dances and ceremonies
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ugal
lead metallophone player
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pokok
slow moving core melody
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gangsa
metallophones that play fast figuration
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reyong
- set of kettle gongs on a frame
- interlocking parts played by four players
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suling
vertical flute that plays melody in soft sections of Balinese gamelan
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kendang
drums that lead Balinese gamelan
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kempli
single kettle gong that keeps the beat
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ceng-ceng
cymbals that reinforce drum patterns
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topeng
mask dance accompanied by gamelan gong kebyar
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tabuh
ostinatos that accompany topeng dancing
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angsel
bold dance movement that cues the drummer to signal the gamelan to move to the next section
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kecak
Balinese musical form of shouting, chanting, and singing men
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kotekan
kebyar technique with fast interlocking parts
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barong
dance associated with mythical dragon-like protector
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Gending Pengalang Bebarongan
Balinese kebyar piece
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kroncong
popular genre featuring plucked string instruments
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dangdut
popular genre with distinctive rhythmic emphasis
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gambang kromong
hybrid genre integrating gambang, gongs, kendang, rebab, and double reeds
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jaipongan
- West Javanese style including gamelan instruments
- Uses cyclic gong forms and gamelan tunings
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I Wayan Balawan
Balinese electric guitarist
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Lou Harrison
American composer that wrote gamelan works
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