| Title: |
The Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar -
Introduction |
| Owner: |
Dr Manolete Mora |
| Contributors: |
Content
provider- Dr. Manolete Mora
Publisher- The
University of Hong Kong
Technical
validator- Beta Yip
Technical
validator- Jessica Wong
Graphic
designer- Meenakshi Chandiramani
Technical
validator- Jenny Ho
Author- Dr. Manolete Mora
Technical
validator- Hang Yee Chan
Technical
validator- Kitty Lai
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| Resource Location: |
http://web.hku.hk/~gamelano/ |
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| Class: |
Learning asset |
| Primary Discipline |
The Arts /Performing
arts/Indigenous Performing Arts |
| Other Relevant Disciplines |
Music
Dance
Indigenous Performing
Arts
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| General
Description |
The gamelan
gong kebyar (also gong, gong kebyar, or kebyar) is a Balinese
orchestra consisting of thirty players. The gong kebyar
comprises a variety of metallophones, gongs, and other
instruments, such as flutes, fiddles, drums and cymbals. Gong
kebyar music is based on a five-tone scale and is
characterized by brilliant sounds, syncopations, sudden and
gradual changes in sound colour, dynamics, tempo and
articulation, and complex, complementary interlocking
melodic-rhythmic patterns (kotekan). The metallophones are
tuned in pairs slightly apart: the lower tone is called
pengumbang and the higher tone is called pengisep. This tuning
arrangement produces a beating effect (ombak) when the same
tone is played on the paired instruments and it creates an
overall shimmering, pulsating quality when the entire
orchestra is played. The gong kebyar developed out of older,
traditional ensembles and first emerged in athe north of Bali
in the second decade of the 20th century. This ensemble has a
large repertoire and today it is one of the most popular
ensembles in Bali (see Tenzer 1991 & 2000).
The
twelve learning objects presented here are based on a
composition consisting of a repeated melody or ostinato, which
fits into an eight-beat cyclic form called gilak. This
composition is one of several compositions that belong to the
masked play called topeng. Topeng dramatizes the chronicles of
the Balinese royalty, and a complete performance may last more
than an hour. This illustration of gilak topeng is intended
only as an introduction to the gong kebyar: it includes a
description and image of each the basic instruments that
comprise the orchestra and musical notations and playback for
the main parts of the composition. The soundbank is based on
recordings of each of the instruments of the University of
Hong Kong gamelan gong kebyar and the playback is generated
from a specially devised, computer programme based on the
notations. |
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| Language of Resource |
English |
| Copyright Restrictions |
This work is licensed
under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
license. To view a copy of this license visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/,or send
a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford,
California 94305, USA. |
| Cost for use |
No |
| Educational Aims |
To provide an
interactive resource (text, audio and image) for the study of
the Balinese Gong Kebyar. |
| Educational Objectives |
To equip the user with
a basic knowledge of the instruments and musical structure of
the Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar. |
| Pre requiste Knowledge assumed |
None. |
| Suggested Usage |
Independant usage or in
conjunction with existing texts and recordings of Balinese
Gamelan Gong Kebyar. |
| Interactivity Level |
High |
| Time to complete Resource |
5 hours |
| Intended end user role |
Teacher
Learner
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| Difficulty Level |
Medium |
| End user age group |
High School ot
University Undergraduate |
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| Server Requirements |
Nil. |
| End User Requirements |
Sun Java with Java
Sound enabled. |
| Installation Remarks |
See troubleshooting
page. |
Record Maintained by: Dr Manolete Mora
Record Added:25/Jun/04
Last Modified:
29/Jun/04
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| Resource Owner: |
Dr Manolete Mora |
| Owner Contact Details: |
Email: mmora@hkucc.hku.hk
Ph:(852)2859-2892 |
| Resource Composition |
| Resource Formats |
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| Image - Gif |
| Image -Jpeg |
| Macromedia -
Flash |
| Resource Components |
| Simulation |
| Diagram |
| Slide |
| Table |
| Narrative
text |
| Educational Level |
| University - Under
Graduate 1st Year |
| University - Under
Graduate Intermediate |
| Secondary
Education |
| Student level |
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