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Gamelan beleganjur is one of the most popular styles of gamelan music in Bali. Its closest Western analogue is probably the marching band. Jump to: navigation, search A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophone(s), drums, and gongs. ...
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History
Like the Western military band, the original purpose of beleganjur was to accompany armies into battle and strike fear into the hearts of the enemy. In fact, gamelan beleganjur literally means gamelan of walking warriors. Also like its Western counterpart, today beleganjur has mostly lost its association with warfare, and instead is associated with festivals, contests, and cremation cermonies. Military Band marching A military band is a group of soldiers assigned to musical duties. ...
Although the origin of beleganjur is uncertain, it bears resemblence to the now rare gamelan gong bheri, which in turn is probably of Chinese origin.
Instrumentation The most primitive beleganjur ensemble, known as bebatelan, consisted of only nine instruments. - One gong ageng, the great gong
- One bendé, a smaller, secondary gong with a sunken boss instead of a raised one
- Four pairs of cymbals (cengceng)
- Two drums (kendang), tuned differently and considered a male/female pair
- One kempli, a small hand-held gong that acts as a metronome.
The drums and cymbals generally play interlocking patterns over the ostinato of the gong cycle. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about a type of musical instrument. ...
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Though bebatelan itself is rarely heard nowadays, its instrumentation forms the nucleus of the more complex, modern ensemble, beleganjur bebonangan. The additional instruments in the modern ensemble include:
- A second gong ageng, forming a male/female pair of gongs
- A medium-sized gong called a kempur
- Four more pairs of cengceng for a total of eight
- Two tuned hand-held metal pots called ponggang
- Four similar but higher-pitched pots called bonang
The bonang are identical to the individual pots of the reyong; in fact, many groups simply remove the pots from the frame of a reyong so they can double as bonang, and bonang are often referred to as reyong for this reason. The ponggang usually play a characteristic ostinato pattern while the bonang play more complex interlocking patterns known as kotekan. Kotekan is a style of playing fast interlocking parts found in Gamelan music from Bali, Indonesia. ...
Cultural role Gamelan beleganjur is essential to the Hindu religious ceremonies of Bali. There are rites to appease evil spirits and honor good ones, temple festivals to celebrate the anniversary of a temple's dedication, and cremation ceremonies to cleanse the souls of the deceased and prepare them for reincarnation. Though some ceremonies are associated with other specific kinds of gamelan, notably cremation cermonies with gamelan angklung, beleganjur is nevertheless ubiquitous and often takes the place of other kinds of gamelan if they are not available. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ...
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Gamelan angklung (anklung) is a style of gamelan ensemble found primarily in Bali, Indonesia. ...
References - Bakan, Michael B. Music of Death and New Creation: Experiences in the World of Balinese Gamelan Beleganjur. University of Chicago Press, 1999. ISBN 0-226-03488-7
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