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 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…
In this clip Made teaches me the transition to the main melody. This section is characteristic of the changing tempos that occur in Balinese gamelan compositions. The section is called a kebyar. It occurs between bars 120 and 126 in the score.
