Does anyone know how gamelin music (Indonesia, Bali, etc.) is created?
Gamelan music is built up in layers. At its centre is a basic melody (core melody) known as the balungan. Further layers, including singing in vocal pieces, elaborate upon this melody in certain ways, but the notes of each layer of music relate to the balungan, and generally coincide at the ends of phrases (called seleh in Javanese). There are also a set of instruments which delineate a colotomic structure, usually ending in the stroke of the largest gong. Gamelan is a form of unique and exotic music originating in the islands of Indonesia in South East Asia. Gamelan music is played on an orchestra consisting primarily of metal-keyed percussion instruments (“metallophones”) and gongs, but also including hand or stick drums, flutes, and occasionally also bowed instruments and bamboo rattles. Most of the gamelan music heard in the West is either from Java or Sunda (West Java), or Bali. The styles of gamelan from Java and Bali are strikingly different. Javanese and Sundanese gamelan tends
