Music Quiz (Gamelan)

The word Gamelan is derived from the Indonesian word meaning...

• Drum

• shovel

• hammer

• nail

What does ombak means?

• shimmering sound

• glittering sound

• gluturral sound

• gurgling sound

What do you call the group of instruments that produce a pitch when struck?

• membranophones

• idiophones

• metallophones

• idiomphones

_______ is an older scale with five even pitches.

• palog

• slendro

• sandro

• pelog

It is considered as one of the most important instrument in an ensemble. It is struck once at the beginning of every phase to signal a new section.

• Kendang

• Wayang

• Gangsa

• Gong

It is a collection of hollow "kettles" or "pots" of different sizes instrument. Sometimes referred to as "gongs" but not a traditional flat gongs.

• kemanak

• kendang

• bonang

• gangsa

It is a pair of metallophones that are composed of flat discs rounded into a hollow banana shape that produce a resonant pitch when struck.

• gong

• kemanak

• kendang

• bonang

It is made of buffalo hide and is used to tell the story of Mahabharata or Ramayana.

• Balungan

• Wayang Kulit

• Kulit Wayana

• Kecak

_________ is a newer scale with seven uneven pitches

• pilek

• slendra

• pelog

• slendro

A central "core melody of gamelan music that is played by small number of instruments.

• Balungan

• colotomic

• galungan

• slendro