Wyang Gandra taught this version of the Nelayan melody to me in June 2002. Gandra, was a well-known teacher in the Peliatan area He also taught at UCLA in the early 1960s. Gandra was the father of Made Sukanda, the music…
In the clip Made demonstrates one of two embellishment parts. These embellishments are played on the highest pitched instrument, the kantilan. Later in the clip Made and Doug Myers provide further explanation about the rhythmic variations used when…
In the next two clips Made demonstrates an interlocking embellishment, which the Balinese refer to as a kotekan. This occurs three times between bars 8 and 67 in the full score. The first demonstration is the sangsih, off-beat part. The second…
