Joged bumbung is a style of gamelan music from Bali, Indonesia on instruments made primarily out of bamboo. A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones xylophones drums and gongs bamboo flutes bowed and Bali is an Indonesian Island located at, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Bamboo is a group of Woody perennial Evergreen Plants in the True grass family Poaceae, subfamily The ensemble gets its name from joged, a flirtatious dance often performed at festivals and parties. Joged is a style of Dance from the Island of Bali in Indonesia. This style of Gamelan is especially popular in Northern and Western Bali, but is easily found all over the island. Unlike many styles of Balinese Gamelan which have sacred roles in religious festivals, Joged music is much more secular, and in many ways has become the folk music of Bali. With the rapid rise of tourism in recent decades, Joged music is now often found being performed at hotels and restaurants.
The bamboo instruments of the Joged, called Grantang or more commonly Tingklik, are marimba-like instruments made out of bamboo. In some parts of Africa the term "marimba" refers to the Kalimba. 11 to 14 bamboo canes, split halfway down their length, are then carved so that a closed tube resonator remains on the un-split half. The completed keys are mounted to a wooden or bamboo frame with string or rubber strips. Striking the keys with rubber tipped mallets called pangguls results in a dry sound with little sustain. Sustain is a Parameter of Musical Sound in Time. As its name may imply it denotes the period of time during which the sound is sustained before The instruments are played with both hands: the left hand plays the melody on the lower register, while the right hand plays a faster elaborated version of the melody. When the fast elaboration is too fast for one person to play alone, it is broken into two interlocking parts in a style called Kotekan. Kotekan is a style of playing fast interlocking parts in most varieties of Balinese Gamelan music including Gamelan gong kebyar, Gamelan
Most ensembles are tuned to a slendro scale, except in Northern and Western Bali where pelog scales are more common. Slendro (called salendro by the Sundanese) is a Pentatonic scale, one of the two most common scales ( laras) used in Indonesian Pelog is one of the two essential scales of Gamelan music native to Bali and Java, in Indonesia. A typical ensemble will have 4 to 6 grantangs and are accompanied by Suling (flutes), Kendang (Drum), Ceng-ceng (cymbals), and a beat keeping instrument made out of bamboo or bronze. A suling is an Indonesian Philippine Flute made out of Bamboo. The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its Kendang ( Javanese: Kendhang, Malay language: Kendang, Tausug, Bajau: Gandang, Maranao: The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. Cymbals are a modern percussion instrument Cymbals consist of thin normally round plates of various Cymbal alloys; see Cymbal making for a discussion of their Bronze is any of a broad range of Copper alloys, usually with Tin as the main additive but sometimes with other elements such as Phosphorus There will also be gongs of various types and a larger bass gramtang called a Jegog playing the underlying melody. This article is about the Internet Protocol Television channel Jegog is a form of Gamelan music indigenous to Bali, Indonesia played on instruments made of Bamboo. In recent years ensembles that incorporate bronze instruments have become more popular and often play compositions from the Gamelan Gong Kebyar repertoire. Gamelan gong kebyar is a modern style or genre of Balinese Gamelan music.
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