In this clip Made teaches an ensemble member the entire gong part. The various unpitched gongs serve a variety of functions within a Balinese gamelan ensemble. First, they define the tempo. The gongs also mark the segments of the beat cycle. An…
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 second clip Made plays the two-note skeletal melody, He again uses the tromping for this demonstration. This part requires two performers each carrying a lower pitched gong. The skeletal melody repeats with no variation throughout the…
In the first clip, Made plays the individual reyong parts. He uses the tromping instrument from the gamelan gong kebyar ensemble for the demonstration. The tromping; however, is never used in a gamelan beleganjur ensemble.
In this clip the Miami ensemble performs one a final rehearsal prior to the performance. The guest conductor is Professor I Ketut Asnawa director of the gamelan program at the University of Illinois. Professor Asnawa’s beleganjur composition is…
