Thursday, October 4, 2007

Repost: Javanese gamelan video

I thought I would repost the Javanese gamelan video with additional explanation, since it is such a rich source.

0:21 - gender (left foreground) plays rapid, high notes, while slenthem (right foreground) plays the skeleton slowly, one note at a time
1:50 - closeup of bonangs (kettle gongs)
2:57 - closeup of rebab (vertical spike fiddle)
3:30 - closeup of kenongs (large kettle gongs) and kethuk (in red frame)


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