MUSIC OF

INDONESIA

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 INDONESIA
Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast
Asia comprising approximately 17, 500
islands. With over 238 million people,
Indonesia is the world’s fourth most
populous country and is the fourth biggest
nation in the world.
 INDONESIA
• Through interaction with other cultures
such as Indian, Arabic, Chinese and
European, a wide range of musical styles
has been developed. Today, the
contemporary music of Indonesia is
popular not only in the region but also in
the neighboring countries.
 INDONESIA
There are two basic kinds of
Indonesian music scale:
• Slendro – pentatonic scale
• Pelog – heptatonic scale
 SLENDRO

Slendro (called Salendro by

the Sundanese) is the older
of the two most common
scales used in Indonesian
Gamelan scale.
 PELOG
Pelog is one of the two essential
scales of Gamelan. In Javanese the
term is said to be a variant of the
word “pelag” meaning fine or
beautiful. Pelog has seven notes, but
many gamelan ensembles only have
keys for five of the pitches. Even in
ensembles that have all seven notes,
many pieces only use a subset of five
notes.
 INDONESIA

Both vocal and instrumental music in

Indonesia use slendro or pelog.
 INDONESIA

•Polyphonic Stratification kind of

melody is a result of hocket/interlock.
•Irama – is an Indonesian term
for tempo.
 GAMELAN

The gamelan or gamelan orchestra

is the most popular form of music in
Indonesia. It is a generic term for
traditional musical ensembles of Java
and Bali which comprises
predominantly of percussive
instruments.
GAMELAN
 VANESE GAMELAN BALINESE GAMELAN
ed for court music • Used for sacred music
cussion dominated • Consist of metallophone
le of playing is and mostly gongs
emn character • Sudden change of
tempo and dynamics are
the basic characteristic
• Use of fast and rattling
sounds of cymbals make
distinctive characters
 GAMELAN

Instruments used in gamelan:

• Metallophones
• Kendang and Gongs
• Bamboo Flutes (Suling)
• Bonang
 METALLOPHONES

A metallophone is any musical

instrument consisting of tuned metal
bars which are struck to make
sound, usually with a mallet.
 METALLOPHONES

Mallet
 KENDANG AND GONGS

Kendang is a two-headed
drum used by peoples from
Maritime Southeast Asia.
Kendang is one of the primary
instruments used in the Gamelan
ensembles of Java and Bali.
KENDANG
 KENDANG AND GONGS
Gongs are broadly of three types.
'Suspended gongs are more or less flat,
circular discs of metal suspended vertically
by means of a cord passed through holes
near to the top rim. Bossed gongs have a
raised centre boss and are often suspended
and played horizontally. Bowl gongs are
bowl-shaped, and rest on cushions and
belong more to bells than gongs. Gongs are
made mainly from bronze or brass but there
are many other alloys in use.
 KENDANG AND GONGS

• Indonesian gongs are percussion

instruments that have a unique, bowl-like
appearance, and a round knob in the center.
They're commonly used in traditional
gamelan music ensembles.
GONGS
 BAMBOO FLUTES (SULING)
Suling or Seruling is an Indonesian
bamboo ring flute. It is used in gamelan
ensembles. Depending on the regional
genre, a suling can be tuned into
different scales. Sulings are made mainly
of "tamiang" bamboo, along, thin-walled
bamboo tube. The mouthpiece of the
suling is circled with a thin band made of
rattan near a small hole.
BAMBOO FLUTES (SULING)
 BONANG
The bonang is a musical instrument used
in the Javanese gamelan. It is a collection
of small gongs (sometimes called "kettles" or
"pots") placed horizontally onto strings in a
wooden frame (rancak), either one or two
rows wide. All of the kettles have a central
boss, but around it the lower-pitched ones
have a flattened head, while the higher
ones have an arched one. They are
typically hit with padded sticks (tabuh).
BONANG
 INDONESIA

• Pesindhen – is a female soloist singer who

sings with a gamelan.
• Gerong – refers to the unison male chorus
that sings with the gamelan.