1. Gamelan Music
An introduction

2. Making a gong ageng

3. The Gamelan

4. 4 component parts of Gamelan
Balungan instruments
Gongs
Embellishing instruments
Drums

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6. Saron Panerus – part of the Balungan group of instruments

7. Gongs
The gongs mark the smaller sections in the piece. The gong ageng marks the beginning of each cycle. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 X

8. Gong Ageng

9. Embellishing instruments
The embellishing instruments play repeating patterns and decorate the melody

10. Gender panerus – an embellishing instrument

11. The drums control the tempo and control other changes in the music.

12. Drums

13. Writing your own Gamelan piece.
Key Questions

14. Balungan How many notes need to be in the balungan?
How many versions of the balungan are you going to have in your piece?
What are the key differences?
Will your balungan have any repeating sections?
What instruments will you use to play it?

15. Gongs
How will you mark the beginning of each section, and the divisions of each section?

16. Embellishing instruments
• Will you have you embellishing instruments playing all the way through?

17. How will they control the direction of the piece?
Drums
How will they control the direction of the piece?