Gamelan

 The gamelan is one of the most

important musical ensembles in
Indonesia
A gamelan consists of 40
instruments
 used in various occasions,
celebrations like:
1. puppetry
2. feasts
3. rituals
4. and other ceremonies
The arrangement of the
instruments is important

In the large gamelan, there

are nine basic types of
instruments and their
position on the stage follows
a set pattern
The Gamelan Orchestra
The layout of an average
gamelan orchestra is as
follows:
 Gong ageng
 Bonang
 Gender
 Saron
 Gambang kayu
 The most important instruments
is gong ageng which is the main
gong

 It
hangs from a wooden frame
and produces a deep ringing
sound struck

 Thebest musician plays the gong

ageng
Instruments of the Gamelan
 Saron-xylophone type;
-plays the melody

 Gender-with tubes used as

resonators
 Suling-flute

 Celempung-zither

 Bedhug-a hanging drum

 Rebab-spike
fiddle
 Gambang kayu-
wooden
xylophone

 Kempul-hanging
xylophone

 Bonang-2 rows
of gongs
 Kempyang-pair of gongs

 Slenthem-bigger the
gender

 Kenong-pot gongs

 Kendhang ageng-
largest drum
Arrangement of Instruments
Instruments used in
ornamentation:
o Gender barung
o Gender panerus

o Gambang kayu

o Suling

o Rebab

o Celempung
Instruments that mark
the rhythm

o Kendang ciblon
o Kendang ketipung

o Kendang ageng
Colotomic or Punctuating
Instruments
o Kethuk

o Kempyang

o Kenong

o Kempul

o Gong ageng
Colotomic Structure
-a system that marks off music
into temporal units according
to the entrance of a specific
instrument in a specific order
at a specific time
 1- Kt
Kn - 8 2- Kn

Kpl - 7 3- Kpl

Kpy - 6 4 - Kpy
5 - GA
COLOTOMIC STRUCTURE