Introduction to Gamelan Music
What follows is a list of brief essays that I wrote for gamelan students at
different times. Most are extracted from my book "The People's Guide to
the Gamelan" --Qehn
Contents:
- Notation
This is a brief introduction to the cipher notation used in
gamelan music.
- Primer
In this section, we build a gamelan piece from the ground up.
- Form
This is a compendium of Javanese musical forms.
- Pathet
A very brief introduction to a complicated subject.
- Irama and Javanese Rhythm
In this section we explore the rhythmic structure of the music.
- Glossary
Definitions of both Javanese and Western musical terms.