World Music
World music is basically any type of music from all around the world.
This music is generally noticeable from the other countries, either by
instruments used, or lyrically it is different. These things are what
make it easy to tell the difference between the different countries
and what type of music it is. World music can be anything from
different countries so it may sound different to how we expect music
to sound like, for example gamelan music is mainly a set of tuned
bronze gongs. This is what people from the Indonesian islands of Java
and Bali are used to hearing, whereas Great Britain and most of the
rest of the world are not used to hearing. This is because we are used
to hearing things which have been tuned differently. Gamelan is one
type of world music in which gongs are hit in a pattern. Gamelan music
differs between the islands of Java and Bali. This music is used for
all sorts of occasions from traditional rituals such as a wedding, to
accompaniments to puppet shows dance and poetry. Unlike what western
European people might think, that the players of one of the
instruments is playing as an individual, but instead they play in an
ensemble, as one instrument. This shows great teamwork which must be
hard to keep up.
The word gamelan means to hammer, which reflects the way the gongs are
played. The instruments used to make gamelan music are;
* Ugal
* Jegagog
* Jublag
* Kantil
* Pemade
* Reyong
* Kempli
* Suling
* Trompong
* Kendang
* Ceng-ceng
* Gongs - Kempur
-Kemong
The Ugal is generally known for carrying the me...
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... pokok; however, it provides melodic leadership and often ornaments
the pokok. The instrument is played by one player. It shares all tones
with the Reyong and incorporates some Ugal tones.
Gamelan music is learnt by oral tradition which means that it has been
taught by ear and not written down although some of it is written down
by people so that people in other countries can play it. Balinese
gamelan is more rhythmic that Javanese.
Gamelan music is cyclic and develops through repetition wit variation.
The leader gives the signals with a drum to keep everyone in time.
This person is the one who keeps everything in time so is important,
although the players would say that everyone was equally important.
This is only one of the types of world music there are hundreds if not
thousands more which I haven't mentioned.
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