Examples of gamelan in the following topics:
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- Classic arts of Java include wayang puppet shows, gamelan music, and the martial art silat.
- For most Indonesians, gamelan music is an integral part of Indonesian culture.
- In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by Sang Hyang Guru in Saka era 167 (c.
- For more complex messages, he invented two other Gongs, thus forming the original gamelan set.
- Describe the Wayang puppet shows, gamelan music, and silat martial art of Java.
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- The gamelan orchestras of southeast Asia, for example, have an aesthetic preference for the "lively and full" sounds that come from instruments playing near, not on, the same pitch.
- In some types of gamelans, pairs of instruments are tuned very precisely so that each pair produces beats, and the rate of the beats is the same throughout the entire range of that gamelan.
- Long-standing traditions allow gamelan craftsmen to reliably produce such impressive feats of tuning.
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- The average American, for example, can distinguish easily between the verses and refrain of any pop song, but will have trouble recognizing what is going on in a piece of music for Balinese gamelan.
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- See Listening to Balinese Gamelan and Indian Classical Music: Tuning and Ragas for a taste of what's out there. )