22 January 2009

Cool Stuff Third Installment

I was really intrigued by the Gamelan so I decided to look it up. Little did I know that the Gamelan is thought to have supernatural powers and offerings are made to Gamelans all over. Here's a website that is all about Gamelan's.

Here is a picture of what a Pelog scale would be. I'm sure this is just put roughly into western terms so that we may try to understand this. It's so interesting the intervals between their notes. 

Below is a video of the very complex traditional Jaipongan dance from Western Java. 
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  1. tu no mas lo digasJanuary 26, 2009 at 10:20 PM

    Yeah its very interesting how the Indonesian gamelans are very color coordinated with the same designs almost. I wonder what it would be like to play in a Gamelan especially since it is a community like event. Loved the website!

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  2. Daphne MamoulidesJanuary 28, 2009 at 3:26 PM

    this is so interesting, I really enjoyed learning about the Indonesian music in class and the video was really cool. Their music is so crazy to our ears because it sounds so different than everything that we're used to. I really enjoyed watching the video!

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