Malaysian Music 1: The Ultimate Challenge Gamelan

what does gongan 4-bit stand for?

• This piece has 4 beats in one gong cycle

• This piece has 4 notes in one bar

• This piece has 4 beats for the entire piece

• The gong does not play on the end of the 4 beat cycle

What is a Buka?

• The opening section

• The point the musicians enter the stage

• The indication of the metronome marking

• A title of a piece

Which instrument plays at the last beat that is circled

• Kenong

• Gong Agung

• Gong Suwukan

• Kempol

What is the note value for these notes

• Whole note

• eighth notes

• quarter notes

• sixteenth note

What does the dots above the notes mean?

• It should be played detached

• The notes must be sustained

• It should be played in a higher register

• It must be played slightly delayed

what the image represents

• gendang timbres

• notation for gendang

• the lyrics for the gamelan score

• it's the sounds that you make when you are frustrated

What is the note value for this beat

• eight-note

• quarter note

• sixteenth note

• half note

Which of the following is true for the picture

• The image shows the score for the kenong

• The first half is played with eight notes and the second half with quarter notes.

• there is no rests in the score

• The lines on the first half indicate that the notes must be sustained longer.

Which instrument plays the Buka in this piece

• Gambang

• Kenong

• Bonang

• Saron

What does the letter N here represents?

• It marks the end of a piece

• It means the kenong should play on this note

• It shows that gong suwukan should play this note

• It is there for the kenong player to improvise at this beat