One of the cultural richness of Indonesia's famous is the art of gamelan music. Gamelan mostly found in various regions in Indonesia. Gamelan is a music ensemble that usually highlight metallophones, xylophone, drums and gongs. The term gamelan refers to an instrument which is a unified whole that is realized and sounded together. Gamelan orchestra mostly located on the island of Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok in a variety of sizes and shapes. In Bali and Lombok today and in Java through the 18th century, the term gong is synonymous with gamelan .
Preceded the emergence of gamelan with Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in the early days of recording the history of the original art is also represented Indonesia. Instrument was developed to shape up like this now in the era of Majapahit kingdom. In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by the Sang Hyang Guru suspended on the Saka era, the god who controlled all the land of Java, with a castle on the mountain Mahendra in Medangkamulan (now called Mount Lawu). The Sang Hyang Guru is suspended first of all create a gong to summon the gods. For a more specific message and then create two gongs, then eventually formed gamelan set.
Music instrument ensembles such as bamboo flute, bells, drums, harps and stringed music instrument was first found in the reliefs at Borobudur opium. The reliefs are believed to be the origin of the gamelan.
Gamelan music is created from various elements of foreign art in variety. For example the tone of the Chinese, music instrumen of southeast asia, movement and drum music of india, bowed strings of the middle east and the European military style in the traditional music of Java and Bali.
The interaction component is loaded with melody, rhythm and timbre to maintain the glory of music gamelan orchestra. Pillar music brings together a variety of community character is a typical order of music which is an inseparable part of everyday life.
Gamelan is currently still used on special occasions such as weddings, thanksgiving, traditional ceremonies and others, but at present only used the majority of Balinese especially Java.
Javanese Gamelan Music
Balinese Gamelan Music
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