Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Gamelan

A Gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included.
The term refers more to the set of instruments than to the players of those instruments. A Gamelan is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together – instruments from different gamelan are generally not interchangeable.
The word Gamelan comes from the Javanese word gamels, meaning "to strike or hammer", and the suffix an, which makes the root a collective noun.
This instrument usually played during a traditional or religious event.

Below pictures of Gamelan taken at Jogja.

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More detail at here.
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Saxophone

Saxophone, member of woodwind instrument..
I think the one who played this instrument has a very good taste in music.
For me it's always nice to hear saxophone music and make relax to me.

Picture for saxophone below, taken using canon 500D.

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Angklung

Angklung, a bamboo musical instrument made by two bamboo tubes attached at bamboo frame.
Angklung is popular at southeast Asia, and originated from Indonesia. This instrument already played by Sundanese since the ancient times.
for more detail please refer here.

Angklung
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