Music 316: MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD - ASIA Prof. Ter Ellingson 28D Music 543-7211
[email protected] Class Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/ellingsn/Music_Cultures_of_the_World-Asia Su 2012.html CD 3: SOUTHEAST ASIA Laos 1. Khen "Nam phat khay", "In the Current of the Mekong", performed by Nouthong Phimvilayphone on khen, a free-reed bamboo mouth organ with varying numbers of pipes (16 in this example); melody accompanied by harmony and occasional counterpoint in 2-3 parts. (Laos 1 A: 1) Indonesia 2. Kecak (Bali) Ramayana epic performance by male chorus and soloists in gamelan svara or "vocal gamelan" style: some voices sing "trunk" melody and gong parts to punctuate rhythmic cycle, some sing solo parts of characters in story, while others Khen shout in interlocking rhythmic patterns. Kecak chorus of Teges village, Bali. (E/I Recording) 3. Legong (Bali) Music for dance by young girls depicting story of Prince Lasem and Princess Langkesari, played by Gamelan Legong orchestra consisting of metallophones (xylophones with metal keys instead of wood), flutes, and gong chimes (tuned sets of small kettle-shaped gongs with knobbed central bosses) playing "trunk" melody, faster elaborations, and slower extractions of it; larger gongs which punctuate key points in rhythmic cycle; and rhythmic elaborations by drums and cymbals. Performed by Gamelan orchestra of Teges village. (E/I Recording) Gamelan (Java) Music Cultures 316 - Asia CD 3 Prof. Ellingson 2 4. Udan Mas (Java) "Golden Rain", gamelan piece in Bubaran form (gongan cycle of sixteen beats with gong on beat 16; kenong on beats 4, 8, 12; kempul on 6, 10, 14; and kethuk on 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15).