Gamelan Bali (Balinese Gamelan) - Traditional Music

Bali Island is one of the thousands islands constructing the Indonesian Archipelago that has long been famous as a leading tourist destination in South Pacific or even in the world for its exotic and vibrant art and culture, natural beauties and the hospitality of the people.

Balinese Gamelan music is similar to Javanese Gamelan music. The music is in cycle too, however, it is usually faster. One of the characteristic of Balinese gamelan music is that, it has a lot of sudden changes in tempo and dynamics. Like the Javanese gamelan, the instruments in Balinese gamelan includes metallophones and gongs. However, there are more metallophones than gongs in Balinese gamelan. The metal keys in Balinese metallophones are ticker than those of Javanese. These Balinese metallophones produce very bright sound. Another characteristic of Balinese Gamelan music is the used of cymbals. These cymbals create fast rattling sound that usually cannot be found in Javanese Gamelan music.

For more information please visit these web pages :
http://www.squidoo.com/-traditional-gamelan-music
http://sinisterfrog.com/writings/gamelan

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• indonesia
• Balinese
• Javanese
• Indonesian
• Gamelan
• Music
• Java
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• Sunda
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• history

[EmmaAwesomeSauce29]

I just got home from Bali. I really liked their music, I miss being there already...Saving up for the next time I go (: Great video

[Gomatagene]

Nice work

[MultiCracra]

@EmmaAwesomeSauce29 not sure if srs

[StellaRene]

I really like that kind of music it´s so amazing!

[StellaRene]

@EmmaAwesomeSauce29 agree! 

[mx2dc]

beautiful peace , amazing

[charramsay]

Ranti, the music and photos are beautiful. I love them. Can you tell me where you got the music? I would like to get it in MP3 format. Thanks for sharing!

[evaklasicanpijanist]

ｗｏｗ！！　ｓｏ　ａｗｅｓｏｍｅ，　ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ　ｍｕｓｉｃ！ｔｈａｎｋ　ｙｏｕ　ｆｏｒ　ｕｐｌｏａｄｉｎｇ！



[jepery78]

bilalah aku nak sampai bali ni.asyiknye muzik dye.

[kumhuimusicgirl]

Ranti, this is such a beautiful video!! The images of traditional dresses and dancers and the scenery are absolutely gorgeous!! The picture of children wearing colorful clothes at the end is just so precious... Thank you for this wonderful experience, Ranti!! ~~Kumhui