Reviewer in Music 8 - 1st PT Instruments:

I. Music of Indonesia Kulintang – consist of 8 small gongs of graduated sizes

Javanese, Balinese, Gamelan strike by two wooden sticks
-Interaction of Indian, Arabic, Chinese and European -plays the melody of the ensemble with improvisations
music Dabakan – an hour-glass conical drum covered with
-one of the oldest Music animal skin played using two wooden sticks
Babandil – small suspended gong played on its rim
2 major divisions using a wooden stick
A. Javanese Agung – 2 rimmed kettle shaped gongs made from
B. Balinese brass
C. -played with light padded stick
Gamelan – traditional orchestra -only played by men
Consist of: Gandingan – talking gongs, consist of suspended gongs
Pitched percussion instruments with narrow rims with two light padded mallets
Metallophones
Membranophones III. Music of Thailand
Gong
Spiked fiddles -Music was reflected to trade roots between Persia,
Africa, Greece and Rome.
Function: -Instruments are varied and reflect its origins from afar
Accompany songs, dances and shadow plays -pentatonic in scale, duple meter

*Musicians bow before playing to pay respect to the Piphat Ensemble

instruments believing that they are sacred and have
natural powers
-most popular form of music in Indonesia
-largest and most varied gong ensembles
-composed of 30 to 50 members
Gamel means hammer in Java
Gambeli means to play in Bali
Scales:
Slendro – pentatonic
Pelog – heptatonic
Javanese VS Balinese
Javanese Gamelan
 Music for court ceremonies
 Traditional
 More percussive
Balinese Gamelan
 Music for sacred religions and ceremonies
 Contemporary
 Shimmering effect – gongs, metallophones and
cymbals
II. Indonesian Influences in Philippine Music
How did Indonesia influenced Philippine Music?
Indonesia is just near south of the Philippines.
By barter and trade, goods and raw materials were
brought to the Philippines by Indonesians including
their instruments. This leads to us adapting and
developing their music and making it our own.
-mid-sized orchestra performing in funerals, cremation
ceremonies, traditional dance drama and shadow
puppet
Mallets – hard mallets for outdoor
- Padded for indoor
- Materials give a unique sound to the drum
Mahori Ensemble
-small ensemble of women performing in courts of
central Thailand and Cambodia
-string and percussion instruments
Khruang Sai Ensemble
-wind, percussion and string instruments
-for indoor performances and stick puppet
presentations
Loi Krathong festival
-celebrated annually throughout the Kingdom of
Thailand and nearby countries with southwestern Thai
cultures
-means “to float a basket”
-comes from the tradition of making Krathong or
buoyant, decorated baskets, which are then floated on
a river
TO Dos:
Study pictures of instruments, pictures of ensembles
and festivals. Also, check the videos included.

Palabunyibunyan Ensemble – ensemble of loud

sounding instruments intended for merry-making Good luck!
- Used by Maguindanaon