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Gamelan Answers 1. This piece is a sequenced Gamelan performance. The instruments are not correct. What instruments would you expect to hear in a real Gamelan? Give 3 examples. 3 MARKS Saron (a type of metallophone) Gender (Bronze metallophone) Gong Kendang Gending (Drum) Gambang (similar to a xylophone) Suling (type of flute) Celempung (harp) Rebab (2 string fiddle) 2. Gamelan is a type of cyclical music. What does this mean? It repeats in a cycle. In Gamelan the cycle is 16 beats long. 1 MARK 3. What is the texture that you hear in Gamelan Music? 1 MARK Heterophonic. This means there are decorated versions of the melody all played at the same time. 4. Which part of the world does Gamelan Music come from? 1 MARK Indonesia (The islands of Java and Bali to be more specific) 5. This piece uses the Slendro scale. How many different pitches are there in it? 1 MARK Slendro uses 5 notes. (The pelog scale uses 7.) 6. Gamelan Music is often used to accompany shadow puppets. How can changes in the music convey the story? Give an example. 2 MARKS The mood of the story is reflected in the music, for example a fight might have loud dynamics, a fast tempo, and a thick texture. (Notice that the words in bold are the elements of music. Try to use them in questions like this one.) TOTAL = 9 MARKS How did you do? Please listen to the track, reread the questions, and reread your notes and make sure you understand it all!