The Amazing of Indonesia

Gamelan, A Musical Ensemble From Indonesia The Javanese Orchestra

 

Gamelan is the music created by the sound of gongs alloys, kenong and other Javanese musical instruments. The rhythm of the music that is soft and reflects the harmony of Javanese life will soon greet and soothe the soul so heard. Gamelan is surely not a foreign music. Its popularity has spread to various continents and has created a new blend of jazz-gamelan music, gave birth to the institution as a learning space and the expression of gamelan music, to produce famous gamelan musicians. Gamelan music instrument can now be enjoyed in many parts of the world, but Yogyakarta is the most appropriate place to enjoy the gamelan is it since you can enjoy the original version.

Nature Tourism Park Mountain Tangkuban Parahu

Tangkuban Perahu Crater is one of the attractions located in the southern district. Subang, located at an altitude of 2084 m above sea level. With rows of natural beauty and coolness of the crater that extends a typical mountain air and the expanse of other mountains towering around it and the many collections of herbs and plants typical of tropical forest that thrives around the crater, making the mountain Tangkuban Parahu as an attractive tourist destination in Subang Regency.

Dance Baksa Kembang of South Kalimantan Regional

 

Baksa Kembang dance including classical dance types, which survive and thrive in the palace of Banjar, which is danced by the daughters of the palace. This dance gradually spread to the people of Banjar with dancers galuh-galuh Banjar. This dance is performed to entertain the family palace and greeted guests like a king or a noble prince.

Traditional Indonesian Music

Gamelan orchestra

Gamelan music is the most popular and important kind in Indonesia. Gamelan orchestras accompany all dances and dramas. Gamel means 'to hammer', and most of the instruments of a gamelan orchestra are struck with wooden mallets, padded sticks or hammers.The conductor of a gamelan orchestra is a drummer who is part of the orchestra.

 

 

Instruments of a gamelan orchestra

 A complete orchestra could have about 40 or more different instruments. There would be instruments that are struck to produce sound, such as kettledrums, xylophones, and gongs of various sizes. There would be a wind instrument, a bamboo flute called a suling, and string instruments such as a zither or lute. There would be instruments whose sounds are produced by vibration, such as drums, bells, cymbals and gongs.

 

There are also two sets of instruments that are tonal: the slendro tuned to five tones and the pelog, tuned to seven tones. The slendro is used to suggest festivity or cheerfulness, and is believed to have developed in Java in the eighth century. The pelog is used to express sadness, and is also very ancient in its origins. These two cannot be played together, but are used according to the mood of the piece being played.

Gamelan music
Gamelan music is complicated. It is an ancient form of music and has been handed down for many generations, never written down, but learned by being played. Gamelan is an essential part of Indonesian life. It is slightly different from island to island.


Angklung music
 
Another popular form of orchestral music is the angklung, which is played on instruments made entirely of bamboo of different lengths. Each instrument is made up of two bamboo tubes, each of a different note. The instruments are shaken to produce sound.



You can read more about gamelan and see pictures of instruments at the following sites