Subject: Music
Topic: Asia
Activity: Gamelan Music
Activity from
Cool Cats Cross Arts Adventures Level 3
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Gamelan music
The gamelan is the Javanese and Balinese orchestra.
It uses from a few to several dozen musicians, playing different melodic and rhythmic patterns on tuned and untuned percussion.
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Some examples of patterns can be heard on the audio file Gamelan Music.
Download scores and mp3 track below
The score and music are from Cool Cats Cross Arts Adventures Level 3
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Gamelan orchestra
Students in 8 groups
Using the score, students make a gamelan orchestra.
Groups 1 - 4 play tuned percussion instruments using a 1 bar repeating pattern.
Groups 5 - 8 play untuned percussion instruments using a 1 bar repeating pattern .
Try bringing the groups in one at a time .
Also - have a conductor bring the different groups in and out (except for groups 3 and 7 who must play ALL the time, to provide the pulse).
Students can invent their own 4 beat patterns.
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Movements and Activities
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CD Track
The Gamelan Orchestra - Gamelan Music
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