inspiring foreigners, ignored by locals
Category : uncategorized | Posted on Sep 22, 2017
While hidden in semi-obscurity back home, Indonesia’s gamelan
instruments have managed to penetrate the experimental mindsets of
Western musicians.
There are several forms of gamelan, depending
on the region. There is the Javanese gamelan, the Sundanese gamelan and
the Balinese gamelan, among others. Each of them has a different sound,
scale, playing method and tools.
A gamelan ensemble can consist of 20 or fewer
players playing various bronze bell-like instruments, brass
glocken...