Exam 1 postponed

Exam 1 has been postponed until Friday, October 16. Please be sure to view the latest version of the syllabus on Blackboard.

Films for Balinese gamelan

• Bali and Beyond Gamelan - excellent Balinese gamelan examples. See 2:27 and 6:35 for good examples of kotekan (interlocking).
• Gamelan gong kebyar - excellent closeups
• Compare kotekan (interlocking) in Balinese gamelan with the music of a handbell choir:
  

YouTube films for Javanese gamelan

This is part of a 10-video series of a wayang kulit (shadow puppet) performance.


Suling player - notice the circular breathing technique
Javanese gamelan - soft style with singers. Notice the following places:

• 0:21: Gender (left foreground) plays rapid, high notes, while slenthem (right foreground) plays the skeleton slowly, one note at a time
• 2:57: Closeup of rebab (spike fiddle)
  
• 3:30: Closeup of kenongs (large kettle gongs) and kethuk (kettle gong that keeps the beat with a dull tap; in red frame)
  

Three Variations on Yang Pass

A complete performance of "Yangguan san die" ("Three Variations on Yang Pass") on the qin. This performance is at a lower pitch than the one included on the Worlds of Music CD set.

Chinese popular music videos

Cui Jian and the Tienanmen Square protests of 1989:


The Twelve Girls Band performing Coldplay and Mozart:

Welcome to World Music

Welcome to World Music, MUH 223, Fall 2009.