Gamelan

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Gamelan is a traditional Indonesian ensemble music form, primarily from Java and Bali, featuring tuned percussion instruments such as metallophones, gongs, and drums played in intricate, interlocking patterns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indonesian culture
musical ensemble
traditional music
associatedWithRegion Bali
Java
characteristicFeature colotomic structure
cyclical form
heterophonic texture
interlocking patterns
countryOfOrigin Indonesia
culturalContext court music
dance accompaniment
religious ceremonies
theatrical performances
wayang kulit
linked to: Wayang
hasStyle Balinese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan

Gamelan degung
linked to: Gamelan

Gamelan gong kebyar
linked to: Gamelan

Gamelan pelog
linked to: Gamelan

Gamelan salendro
linked to: Gamelan

Gamelan wayang
linked to: Gamelan

Javanese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan

Sundanese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
influenced Claude Debussy
John Cage
Lou Harrison
minimalist music
materialOfInstruments bamboo
bronze
iron
wood
notableLocation Bali
Central Java
linked to: Java

Surakarta
Yogyakarta
performedBy gamelan ensemble
primaryPerformancePractice group performance
recognizedAs intangible cultural heritage in Indonesia
typicalEnsembleSize large ensemble
typicalLeader drummer
typicalTempoControl kendang player
usesInstrument bonang
celempung
drum
gambang
gender
gong
gong ageng
kendang
kenong
kethuk
metallophone
rebab
saron
slenthem
suling
vocalists
usesScale pelog
slendro

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Gamelan hasStyle Javanese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Gamelan hasStyle Balinese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Gamelan hasStyle Sundanese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Gamelan hasStyle Gamelan degung
linked to: Gamelan
Gamelan hasStyle Gamelan gong kebyar
linked to: Gamelan
Gamelan hasStyle Gamelan wayang
linked to: Gamelan
Gamelan hasStyle Gamelan salendro
linked to: Gamelan
Gamelan hasStyle Gamelan pelog
linked to: Gamelan
Balinese artForm Balinese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Garut hasTraditionalMusic Sundanese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Merak dance musicAccompaniment gamelan
subject linked to: merak dance
linked to: Gamelan
Claude Debussy influencedBy Javanese gamelan music
linked to: Gamelan
Earth, Wind & Fire genre Balinese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Sasak people traditionalMusic gendang beleq
linked to: Gamelan
slenthem belongsTo gamelan family of instruments
linked to: Gamelan
slenthem typicalEnsemble Javanese court gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Balinese dance typicallyAccompaniedBy Balinese gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Surakarta Sunanate influences Surakarta gamelan style
linked to: Gamelan
Klaten Regency hasCulturalPractice Javanese gamelan music
linked to: Gamelan
Sultan of Yogyakarta associatedWith Javanese gamelan music
linked to: Gamelan
Central Java hasCulturalHeritage Gamelan
subject linked to: Central Java region
Sundanese dance uses gamelan degung
linked to: Gamelan
Cirebonese people traditionalMusic Cirebon gamelan
linked to: Gamelan
Parahyangan traditionalMusic gamelan degung
linked to: Gamelan
Banjar people traditionalMusic Gamelan Banjar
linked to: Gamelan
Lampung people traditionalMusic gamelan Lampung
linked to: Gamelan
Mahabharata tradition in Java accompaniedBy gamelan orchestra
linked to: Gamelan