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Gamelan gong gede, meaning "gamelan with the large gongs", is a form of the ceremonial gamelan music of Bali, dating from the court society of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, associated historically with public ceremonies and special occasions such as temple festivals.

Style

Usually performed by a temple orchestra of over forty musicians, music written for the gong gede is sedate and graceful, following an andante tempo. It fluctuates in cycles, one fast, one slow, one loud, and one soft. The beat is provided by the largest gong.

Popularity

During their colonization of Bali in the late nineteenth century, the Dutch dissolved the courts. The use of the gong gede became limited to temple music. It was later superseded in popularity by gong kebyar, a more up-tempo form of gamelan played with smaller gongs, that originated in Balinese villages in the late 19th century and became widely popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

See also

• Gamelan
• Gong kebyar
• Joged bumbung
• Salendro
• Gamelan semar pegulingan

References

1. Miller and Williams 2008, p. 390.
2. Cooke (1998), p. xiii.
3. "10 Facts about Balinese Gamelan". Fact File. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
4. Mantle Hood (2011), p. 9.
5. McPhee (1966), p. xiv.

Citations

• Cooke, Mervyn (1998). Britten and the Far East: Asian Influences in the Music of Benjamin Britten. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9780851158303. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
• Mantle Hood, Made (2011). Triguna: A Hindu-Balinese Philosophy for Gamelan Gong Gede Music. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 9783825812300. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
• McPhee, Colin (1966). Music in Bali: a study in form and instrumental organization in Balinese orchestral music. Yale University Press. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
• Tenzer, Michael (2000). Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226792811. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
• Terry E. Miller; Sean Williams, eds. (2008). The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music. Routledge. ISBN 9780415960755. Retrieved 2013-01-21.

External links

Examples of recordings of gamelan gong gede:

• Gamelan Gong Gede of Batur Temple
• Bali: Musique pour le Gong Gede

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Theory	Pelog Slendro Pathet Cengkok Seleh Sekaran Imbal & kotekan Gatra Colotomy Gendhing structures Irama Gamelan notation
Genres & ensembles	American gamelan Angklung gamelan Bebonangan gamelan Beleganjur gamelan Degung gamelan Gadhon gamelan Gambang gamelan Gender wayang gamelan Gong gede gamelan Gong kebyar gamelan Gong Si Bolong Jegog gamelan Joged bumbung gamelan Malay gamelan Munggang gamelan Salendro gamelan Sekaten gamelan Selunding gamelan Semar pegulingan gamelan Siteran gamelan Surakartan gamelan
Musicians	K. P. H. Notoprojo Nartosabdo Martopangrawit Rahayu Supanggah Sumarsam I Nyoman Windha Evan Ziporyn Gamelan Sekar Jaya Gamelan Son of Lion List of U.S. gamelan ensembles Michael Tenzer
Instruments	Colotomic or phrase-making Gong Gong ageng Kempul Kempyang Kenong Ketuk Balungan or melody Bonang Bonang barung Bonang panerus Bonang panembung Saron Saron peking Saron panerus Saron barung Saron demung Slentem Slentho Panerusan or elaborating Gambang Gender Gender panerus Rebab Siter Celempung Suling Unpitched Bedug Kecer Kemanak Kendang Kendang gending Kendang ciblon Kendang ketipung Kepyak Vocals and clapping Gerongan Sindenan Pesinden Alok Senggakan Keplok

• Music of Bali
• Gamelan ensembles and genres