Gamelan gong gede is a form of the ceremonial gamelan music of Java and Bali. Gamelan - Indonesian Embassy in Canberra A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesian origin typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. ... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... This is the current Indonesian Collaboration of the week. ...

Style

Usually performed by a temple orchestra of over forty musicians, music written for the gong gede is sedate and graceful, following an andante tempo. It fluctuates in cycles, one fast, one slow, one loud, and one soft. The beat is provided by the largest gong. A philharmonic orchestra An orchestra is a musical ensemble used most often in classical music. ... This article is about tempo in music. ...

Popularity

The use of the gong gede was prevalent in temple music at the start of the 20th century, but has since been superseded, largely by gong kebyar, a more up-tempo form of gamelan that became popular in Java in the 1920s and 1930s. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Example recordings

• Gamelan Gong Gede of Batur Temple
• Bali: Musique pour le Gong Gede