In this clip the music director of the project, Made Sukanda, performs the primary melody for Tabuh Telu Tabanan on one of the primary melodic instruments in a gamelan gong kebyar orchestra. Note that Made uses only one mallet, called a pangul. His…
In this clip Made rehearses the resident gamelan ensemble at the Yayasan Polosenni School. The video footage focuses on the gongs. The gong instruments define the underlying rhythmic structure of the composition. Tabuh Telu Tabana is organized by the…
In this clip Made Sukanda again performs the primary melody, the polos part. As he plays the melody he gives verbal cues for the large gong, the gong gede. The gong gede defines the beat structure for the composition. This function is similar to the…
In this clip Made Sukanda performs the contrasting melody part, referred to as the sangsih. The polos and Sangsih melodies differ in two important ways. First, these two contrasting melodies form an interlocking rhythm structure. The Polos melody…
In this clip Made performs the polos part and I perform the sangsih. We are using the reverse side of the mallets to reduce the volume and to assist with the recording fidelity. This of course is not the correct method for striking the bars in a…
In this clip Made performs the Kenyur, the most active supporting part. I am playing the primary melody. We are again using the reverse side of the mallets to reduce the volume and to assist with the recording fidelity. The kenyur part is similar to…
In this clip Made performs the Jublag part while I play the primary melody. We are again using the reverse side of the mallets to reduce the volume and to assist with the recording fidelity. The Jublag supports only the notes of the primary melody.…
In this clip Made rehearses a reyong section of the gamelan orchestra. The reyong is an instrument comprised of 12 tuned gongs. Four performers share the instrument. The parts create a series of interlocking rhythmic and melodic relationships that…
The interlocking rhythms and melodic parts performed by the four, reyong performers is determined by an underlying skeletal melody called the pekok. This melody is embellished by the jalan-jalan which is the basis for the reyong. In this clip Made…