Bali & Beyond Gamelan

Balinese Gamelan music by two to six players.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• gamelan
• world
• music
• bali
• performance
• gender
• wayang
• indonesia
• gong
• reong
• trompong
• kotekan

[gerleable]

Thanks for sharing it. I heard that due to HFCs, the gamelan music affects the brain activities. How long you have been playing it and have you noticed any improvement in your brain? Thank you.

[mariabodmann]

I believe playing gamelan music positively affects the brains activities, not only due to the HFC's but also due to the rote learning and memorization of the music. I've been playing Balinese gamelan for over 25 years and feel my brain is doing well! :-) I'm able to continue learning and memorizing new pieces as well as calling up old pieces. Actually imho I believe that playing, as well as listening to Gamelan, has many positive effects on our lives and brains. Thanks for asking!

[adhinotzkhov]

FANTASTIC, Guys !!!! EXCELLENT !!! Thank u for your appreciation in Indonesian traditional music. Salute, because Gamelan is quite a complicated orchestra, however, it sounds really relaxing. Thank u very much indeed. Bravo !!!

[mariabodmann]

Thank you for your comment and all the others! Glad you all enjoy our Chamber Gamelan. We just had a fun concert on Sunday - outdoors on a beautiful Southern California day in a picturesque setting. Wish someone videoed it - if I find that someone did, I'll upload it! maRia

[thecritiquevirtuoso]

why are white people playing this? I give it one star for losing the authenticity

[mariabodmann]

We play Gamelan because we love it, and btw authenticity has no color. We also play Gamelan for the same reasons Asians play piano or Yo-Yo Ma plays cello. Perhaps you should read the comments on your profile...

[gerleable]

@mariabodmann Thank you, friend for your reply. It's true and you're right. You are lucky that you can play this music and playing it so long time. This special music is sonic that is why so useful, healthy for our brain, I believe. Thanks and kind regards. by the way, after 11:11 today, in this special day, I felt different, if my energy's tuned, feel amplified and tuned. I wonder how do you feel today? thanks again.

[santi110984]

fantastic....u r so great guys

well done...keep up a gteat job

[tessas49]

They generally use two scales, slendro and pelog (there are accents on the E's). Slendro divides the octave into 5 pitches and pelog into 7, fairly evenly spaced. I think there are some other tunings they use as well.

[Chichiri520]

Is there a particular pentatonic scale that is used for Gamelan music? If so, what is the Indonesian scale?

[LeithMusic]

Isn't it Pelegonan or somin't

[Jackalhit]

lol so true ... i'd vote your comment up if i could.