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Music Education– Grade 8
Quarter 4 – Module 3: Traditional Asian Theater Music: “Indonesian
Theater”
First Edition, 2020

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 MUSIC
MUSIC • ARTS • PHYSICAL EDUCATION • HEALTH
8
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 3
Lesson 3: Traditional Asian Theater Music:
“Indonesian Theater”

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Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Music 8 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on Lesson 3: Traditional

Asian Theater Music: Indonesian Theater”!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators

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helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
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the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

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Asian Theater Music: Indonesian Theater”!

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understand from the previous lesson.

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competency.

Posttest - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire
module. Ito po ang parts ng module
 EXPECTATIONS

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

 cite the different instruments in gamelan ensemble accompanying Indonesian

Theater (Wayang Kuit);
 value the importance of gamelan ensemble in Indonesian Theater (Wayang Kuit);
and
 carried out task from written instruction.

PRETEST

Directions: TRUE or FALSE: Write True if the statement is correct and False if the statement
is incorrect. Write your answer before the number.
__________1. The puppet on the right side of the narrator in shadow puppet theater signifies the good
character and on the left is the bad.
__________2. Kulit is an Indonesian and Malay word for theater.
__________3. Gamelan ensemble used to accompanied Shadow puppet theater in Indonesia
__________4. Wayang means skin and refers to the leather construction of the puppets.
__________5. Dalang is the puppeteer or narrator of shadow puppet theater.
 RECAP

DIRECTIONS: Identify the Following. Write your answer on the blanks after the question.
1. What is a three-stringed instrument used in Chinese Opera? __________________
2. What song is commonly used for sorrow and only sung by the bearded characters in Chinese
Opera?
__________________
3. What is the highest form of arts in China? __________________
4. Which instrument is used to create tempo in the performing Chinese Opera? __________________
5. What is a two-stringed instrument played with a bow used in Chinese Opera?
__________________
 LESSON

Quarter 4
Lesson 3

Traditional Asian Theater Music:

Indonesian Theater Music

Shadow Puppet Theater is a well-known Indonesian theater popular

not only their own country but spread in several countries around the
world.

Wayang kulit shadow puppets are prevalent in Java and Bali in

Indonesia, and Kelantan and Terengganu in Malaysia are without a
doubt the best known of the Indonesian wayang.

(In Central Java) is one of the oldest of the oldest continuous

tradition of storytelling in the world which includes the use of puppet
materials and backgrounds musical accompaniment to make it
interesting to the audience.

Wayang kulit was performed in royal court and widely performed in public
on religious occasions so that knowledge of wayang became widespread
among all classes in Java.

Wayang is an Indonesian and Malay word for theater. When the term is used
to refer to kinds of puppet theater, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to
as wayang. "Bayang", the Javanese word for shadow or imagination,
Also connotes "spirit." Performances of shadow puppet theater are
accompanied by gamelan in Java, and by "gender wayang" in Bali.

Kulit means skin and refers to the leather construction of the puppets that
are carefully chiseled with
very fine tools and
supported with carefully
shaped buffalo horn handles
and control rods.

The Performance
 The audience is the most important person in a Wayang Kulit performance.
 The dalang prepared all the materials used like the cloth and the light for the shadow.
 The puppet on the right side signifies the good character, on the left hand side is the bad.
 The open space between them, about 2 meters wide , represents the stage.
Dalang as a source of recreation, of humor and of popular philosophy (essential communication
between the artist and the audience). Shadow play is an invention of man which reflects his
experience of nature and of his thought. Puppets are projected by the lamp on a white screen.

Non-jointed puppets were manipulated by the chief performer, the dalang, who told a story to the
accompaniment of several instruments, including some that are part of the present-day gamelan
ensemble.

The preponderance of bronze instruments gives gamelan music a bright, lingering sound, ranging
from the slow, majestic melodies of the Javanese gamelan to the clangorous vibrancy of the Balinese
gamelan. Fiddle and flute add a delicate counterpoint to a four-square pattern of percussive melody.

In addition to setting the mood or atmosphere of a play, music has two major dramatic functions in the
theatre. It accompanies the singing/chanting and it accompanies stage actions including dance. The
importance of each function varies from area to area and from theater form to theater form.

The Dalang sings the mood songs (suluk) at regular intervals during performance; in a nine-hour
wayangkulit, he may sing fifty or sixty. Nevertheless they are considered relatively unimportant
except as mood pieces. The same generalized lyrics may be
used in play after play. Suluk are never accompanied by
the full gamelan ensemble. Often a single instrument
accompanies the singer, never more than three or four. The
major dramatic function of gamelan music is to accompany
stage action. Entrances, exits, and fight scenes are executed
in time to gamelan music.

The Dalang:
o Is the puppeteer
o He is characterize by his being creative, humorous, and flexible.
o He manipulates the puppets, sings, and taps out signals to the orchestra.
o He also speak the parts of all the characters.
o The used of voice interchangeable is the main ability of dalang.
o He give more life to a different characters.
o The dalang is also the chief performance who told a story to the accompaniment of several
instruments, including the present-day Gamelan ensemble

Gamelan ensemble is comprised mainly by bronze

percussion instruments, augmented by other percussion
instruments, strings, and flute. A full Javanese gamelan
ensemble consists of:

a. saron - xylophone of heavy bronze bars

b. gender - bronze xylophone with resonance chambers beneath
c. bonang - set of bronze bowls
d. gong and kempul – hanging gongs
e. kenong and ketuk – single inverted bronze bowl
f. gambang – wooden xylophone
g. rebab – two-stringed fiddle
h. suling – flute
i. kendang – horizontal drum beat with the fingers on both ends
j. tjelempung – a zither of thirteen double strings

SARON GENDER BONANG GONG AND KEMPUL

KENUNG AND GAMBANG REBAB SULING

KERTUK

KENDANG TJELEMPUNG
 ACTIVITY

DIRECTIONS: Identify the following gamelan musical instruments used in Indonesian Theater.
Write your answer below the picture.

1. _________________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________

4. _________________ 5. _________________

WRAP-UP

Every country has its own musical ensemble and various kinds of performing arts. Citizens need to
show their appreciation on these things to be able to support the culture of their beloved country.
For your activity, search for a picture or image showing a stage performance in the Philippines.
Describe in three sentences its significant to the country and how it represents the rich culture of the
Philippines.
 VALUING

The distinct culture of a country is like an exceptional person who needs support and appreciation
from people. This way, its beauty and uniqueness will arise compared to other countries.
The more we appreciate, the more we promote and the more we show our support to the
representation of our culture, the richer it will become and more popular around the world.

POSTTEST

Directions: MATCHING TYPE: Match column A. to column B. Write the letters only.
A B
_____1. The wooden xylophone A. Kenung and Kertuk
_____ 2. Horizontal drum beat with the fingers on both ends B. Kendang
_____ 3. The hanging gongs C. Gender
_____ 4. The single inverted bronze bowl D. Saron
_____ 5. A xylophone with heavy bronze bars E. Gong and Kempul
 KEY TO CORRECTION

PRETEST RECAP

ACTIVITY

WRAP UP POSTTEST
 References

*BOOKS
Music and Arts 8 Learner’s Material

*WEBSITES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSNMJk9futM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq5AH2IfBhs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y939aEE5d5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWJI2r8DdAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKmV4DIG2RE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRIjS714zBk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtMqi5F-zrM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pn52ZMmpwE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrsKFWSkUZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHIHoAxxZKE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-1JL4QLBCc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivNTjE53VsI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il5nGXComn0&t=37s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtMqi5F-zrM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z_AFDn70e.

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