Gamelan : Lesson in Javanese Music
It is pronounced GUM-AH-LAN...
and not game-lan!
This is a few shots I took during Music class today...
Jia, rocking the "Saron"!
3.5.6.5.6.5.7.6 3.2.3.2.3.2.7.6
on the 7-scaled pelog Saron!
JY and our classmate enclosed by the "Kempul, Gong Ageng dan Gong Suwukan".
Those are
HUGE GONGS!
(literally)
Our lecturer ,
Thomas Manhart explaining the Gamelan's "
stratified polphony" and techniques in "
geometrical layering" (don't ask me).
He is one crazy guy who can yoddle in the alps! He's pretty amazing!