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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tambura chordophone India https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/d0f1f7c2a0433b0cca25631a917840d1.jpg bda94eddf7ae1e8e963f8cadf0b7b011 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/53b031b72fda0f18ab5b0672ec50bab9.jpg aac30ba7dea9908ca6d2bfc1bfaa521f https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/e62001dfd4047252927a2d07c92c9e00.jpg 6d41e7c3070deeb51efaa74bd8296bab Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Video Embed YouTube video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p3wXHY98UT0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prepared Piano chordophone https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/557841ec1c73c19340aa614bb63b7a97.jpg 69a7c8c0e53b55b84e402c085eaadf76 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/cf59403c8dacfee6599320d9b130f222.jpg 79aaae29174e989f0badcced88029521 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/dec3006d4d43f7e4ae78c48609c6b0c3.jpg 573a131c3b37f5fcf84bf77471c3781f Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Video Embed YouTube video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7uubvLF5Q-s" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Dulcimer, plucked chordophone plucked string Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Video Embed YouTube video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cWEXP3dcLWs" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dulcimer, hammered chordophone https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/f6b6ccd06dc2dbb40b9ae54ac37655b4.JPG b3e9b4783766120f01f9b07bdfd4a7de https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/9bc855b7d095efc032746ff232d8bf5e.JPG 617589a8f2151095c6241f2b3007a83d https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/bc39b3a1cbc07186c59b06b97b36b2c9.JPG 68a054a8fa573c8cc39bfa8e5a75251b Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Video Embed YouTube video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pnh2O2--ZM8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Alternative title any additional names or spellings for the instrument Mountain dulcimer Geography The continent, region, nation where this instrument originates from United States Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dulcimer, Appalachian chordophone plucked string United States https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/a01feb8f40fd6e49f08cfe86fece488c.JPG 5f1b33dc4e32de96866064b406842b36 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/a4a874dc47094bdb98243905fafb64ce.JPG 95aaa171e2afcfea3820b8b35258f7d7 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/7bce21a583c6e9c53a903e5b09106777.JPG fe72cbf230a644f83732fcb21b90cae6 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/d71a3326e2dcdb171519b660aad5e6ce.JPG abe548991b10f0c05d0db23ae233a628 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/d5fc020d45c462006fd3fc1ab2956d70.JPG 6cdfe42267ab9b2b8e1e96f2e4301ba3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chinese Music Ensemble Relation A related resource <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLb9XIdWcqeaXuTQ8zGQrB_FmTX-XEC-Jw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Video Embed YouTube video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JR-oYh1W624" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Alternative title any additional names or spellings for the instrument Ruan Geography The continent, region, nation where this instrument originates from China Ensemble The musical group in which an instrument can be found Chinese Music Ensemble Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Daruan China chordophone plucked string Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Video Embed YouTube video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-2FxGfHT9UM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Berimbau chordophone plucked string Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chinese Music Ensemble Relation A related resource <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLb9XIdWcqeaXuTQ8zGQrB_FmTX-XEC-Jw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Physical description Physical attributes and characteristics of the instrument, details about morphology, construction, materials, dimensions Gaohu is a high-pitched Chinese two-stringed fiddle, a member of the huqin family (see erhu). Its structure is very similar to the erhu, except the gaohu’s body is slightly smaller and has no back close piece (yin chuang). In the second half of the twentieth century, some musicians have added a small bamboo tube inside the gaohu’s body, making the sound in the high position even brighter. The gaohu pictured here is one such instrument. Musical, Cultural, and Social Contexts information about the contexts in which the instrument is and its role in culture and society performed (Who plays the instrument? What music do they play? Where, when, why is this instrument played?) Closely related to the Guangdong province, the gaohu, with its distinct timbre, is associated with a distinct regional identity. It is used mostly in Cantonese music ensemble, Chaozhou music ensemble, as well as in accompanying Cantonese opera and Chao opera. In addition, it is also used as a solo instrument and as “first violin” in the modern Chinese instrumental orchestra. Historical background information about the origins, history, and development of the instrument The gaohu is a rather recent invention derived from erhu. It was created in the 1920s by Lu Wencheng (1898-1981), a well-known Cantonese music musician and composer. Lu changed the original silk strings to steel strings, and also adopted the playing position of holding the gaohu’s body in between the knees.  Playing technique methods of playing the instrument, performance practices (how is the instrument played?) In playing, the gaohu is held in between the knees to reduce the unwanted noise. The Gaohu’s tembre, high and focused, makes it suitable for lyrical, quick or ornamented melodies. For its bowing and left hand techniques, see erhu. Notation The style of written music that the player reads see erhu Tuning Information about the tuning system It’s tuning, a1-e2 or g1-d2, is a fifth or a fourth higher than that of erhu. The gaohu has a range of three octaves as well (a1 to e4 or g1 to d4). Geography The continent, region, nation where this instrument originates from China Classification Hornbostel-Sachs, revised by MIMO 321.313 (chordophone) Spike tube lute: the handle passes diametrically through the walls of a tube Ensemble The musical group in which an instrument can be found Chinese Music Ensemble Materials Wood, snakeskin, reed, horsehair or nylon, silk, steel Bibliography a list of sources referenced Jonathan Stock, 1996. Musical Creativity in Twentieth-Century China: Abing, His Music, and Its Changing Meanings. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. Terrence Liu, 2002. "Erhu." In The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 7. East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea, ed. by Robert  Provine, Yoshihiko Tokumaru, and J. Lawrence Witzleben, New York: Routledge, 175-8. Su Zheng, 2002. "Musical Instruments." In The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 7. East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea, ed. by Robert  Provine, Yoshihiko Tokumaru, and J. Lawrence Witzleben, New York: Routledge, 79-83. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gaohu bowed string China chordophone https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/e0f7acd3ee95af607d3881f9b8ff1f17.JPG 6e4416544bbe457e7a795ab0b6073fdc https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/b46af790676d2bd486f2c0b376a95a5e.JPG f460bab64087197f8cb5b04faeddc918 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/2d3ca1d534f79fc1014a51918cc9a841.JPG 9c30b10af899802d8d76ab068e262183 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/bd8773529c5afdc1ab7cacfb8b7f36b3.jpg a715e54bf616583a27a24e5f28c8fa30 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/96b0540453bb90242d778c1cf33b0504.jpg ba81d1dec30286d362096a72e850e86c https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/da525d72d84f4d1859396d23b0a7701b.jpg b80ec24ec9227e12082973cd782604f5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chinese Music Ensemble Relation A related resource <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLb9XIdWcqeaXuTQ8zGQrB_FmTX-XEC-Jw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Physical description Physical attributes and characteristics of the instrument, details about morphology, construction, materials, dimensions Erhu is a medium-high ranged Chinese two-stringed fiddle. The structure of the modern erhu was regularized in the 1920s by Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), the pioneering musician and composer in modern Chinese erhu and pipa music. Erhu consists of a body (qin tong), a shaft (qin gan), two tuning pegs (xuan zhou), a tight loop of string (qian jin), and a tiny bridge (xuan ma). Erhu’s body (13 cm long) can be made of padouk wood (hong mu), red sandalwood (zi tan), or ebony wood (wu mu). Its shape is usually hexagonal, with round or octagonal regional variations. Its front (8.8 cm in diameter) is covered with snakeskin, while the back is closed with a piece of pierced wood or bone (yin chuang). The shaft (78 cm long) is made of the same wood as the body. Its top is called the head of the instrument (qin tou), and is either carved in the form of a dragon’s head or a half moon. Two tuning pegs are set in the upper section of the shaft, while the lower end of the shaft is fixed onto the body. Qian jin is made of a tight loop of soft silk string which encircles the shaft and strings. Together with the bridge, qian jin sets the appropriate vibrating length of the strings (38 or 39 to 41 cm). Erhu’s bow is made of reed (jiang wei zhu, 76 cm) strung with horsehair or nylon. The bow hairs are inserted between the two strings that are made of silk (in the past), steel, or steel wrapped with nylon.  Musical, Cultural, and Social Contexts information about the contexts in which the instrument is and its role in culture and society performed (Who plays the instrument? What music do they play? Where, when, why is this instrument played?) Erhu was not a court instrument, since it did not appear until the Song and Yuan dynasties when large court entertainment ensembles were in decline. Until the first part of the twentieth century, erhu had been used widely in accompanying singing and opera performances as an important instrument. It was also an instrument used by street musicians and beggars. Therefore, erhu was always a folk instrument, closely related to people’s everyday musical lives. In addition, in the late Qing dynasty, erhu gradually became a major instrument in urban folk ensembles in southern China, which added its connection to members of the literati circle, who participated in these urban folk ensembles. In the course of the twentieth century, erhu was gradually elevated as a solo instrument and as “China’s violin” by conservatory trained musicians and composers in concert music compositions, while it was still used as an important accompanying instrument in opera performances. In the past twenty years, rock musicians, pop bands, and avant-garde music composers have all used erhu in their music as an emblem of Chinese-ness and folk roots. Gaohu is a high-pitched two-stringed fiddle. A newer invention, used mostly in Cantonese music ensembles. It has a very similar structure as the erhu, but its body is slightly smaller and it has no back close piece. Historical background information about the origins, history, and development of the instrument Today’s erhu probably evolved from several different kinds of stringed instruments. Erhu was historically known as huqin (lit. “barbarian’s stringed instrument”), indicating its northern association. Hu was a derogatory word for northern ethnic tribes. The term huqin was first mentioned in the Song dynasty (960-1279). Earlier on, the reference to ji qin first appeared in the Tang dynasty (618-907). Ji Kang (223-263), a famous literati musician, was attributed as its creator. Later, the reference to xi qin, named after a northern nomadic tribe Xi, first appeared in Song dynasty (960-1279). These two instruments were both first described as plucked string instruments, and later as having two strings and being played by pressuring the strings with a strip of bamboo, suggesting that the earliest Chinese bowed instruments were derived from plucked stringed instruments. These various instruments were perhaps assimilated over a long historical period. Eventually in the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), under the Mongolian’s rule, both the description of huqin in writing and the portrayal of huqin in painting came to resemble today’s erhu. In the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), qian jin appeared and in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), a number of variants of huqin came into use, such as jing hu (Peking opera two-stringed fiddle). Huqin, therefore became a generic term for a very large number of bowed instruments. It is not known for sure when and how the term erhu appeared. It most possibly originated in the early twentieth century when Liu Tianhua composed 10 erhu solo pieces, using some Western classical music compositional techniques. Liu Tianhua’s effort left a significant impact on modern Chinese music history, and especially on erhu. In the twentieth century, equated to violin, erhu became a primary instrument for solo, duo, or concerto forms, and the leading instrument in both small regional ensembles and the modern Chinese instrumental orchestra. Playing technique methods of playing the instrument, performance practices (how is the instrument played?) In playing, erhu is held upright by the left hand, its body sits on the player’s left thigh. The fingers of the left hand stop the strings, while the right hand and arm operate the bow. By pushing the wood of the bow outward or pulling the bow hair inward with right hand fingers, the player produces sound from one of the two strings. Bowing techniques include long bow (chang gong), short bow (duan gong), tremolo (chan gong), and others. In modern erhu performance, the left hand moves to several positions. Left hand techniques, which often distinguish the special sound characteristics of erhu, include vibrato (rou yin), glissando (hua yin), appoggiatura (da yin), and others. Notation The style of written music that the player reads Erhu does not have its own notational system. When accompanying singing and opera performance before the mid twentieth century, erhu musicians played from memory, with some degrees of improvisation on melodic ornamentations. In a few cases, gong che pu (note name notation) was used for small folk ensemble repertory, whose instruments included erhu. Today, almost all erhu performers use cipher notation, which has been widely adopted by Chinese traditional instrumentalists since the mid twentieth century. Conservatory trained musicians sometimes use staff notation as well, especially when performing contemporary avant-garde pieces. Tuning Information about the tuning system The two strings of erhu are tuned in a fifth, most often with d1 and a1 or c1 and g1, sometimes g and d1 or a and e1, with a range of three octaves (d1 to d4). Geography The continent, region, nation where this instrument originates from China Classification Hornbostel-Sachs, revised by MIMO 321.313 (chordophone) Spike tube lute: the handle passes diametrically through the walls of a tube Ensemble The musical group in which an instrument can be found Chinese Music Ensemble Materials Wood, snakeskin, reed, horsehair or nylon, silk, steel Bibliography a list of sources referenced Jonathan Stock, 1996. Musical Creativity in Twentieth-Century China: Abing, His Music, and Its Changing Meanings. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.  Terrence Liu, 2002. "Erhu." In The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 7. East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea, ed. by Robert  Provine, Yoshihiko Tokumaru, and J. Lawrence Witzleben, New York: Routledge, 175-8.  Su Zheng, 2002. "Musical Instruments." In The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 7. East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea, ed. by Robert  Provine, Yoshihiko Tokumaru, and J. Lawrence Witzleben, New York: Routledge, 79-83. Video Embed YouTube video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7MThMPSaBs0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Erhu bowed string China chordophone Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Alternative title any additional names or spellings for the instrument Gayageum, Kayagŭm Physical description Physical attributes and characteristics of the instrument, details about morphology, construction, materials, dimensions The kayagum is a 12-string half-tube plucked zither supported by 12 movable bridges. Howard (1988) offers a good description of the kayagum: "Strings run from pegs beneath the top end of the instrument, over a low fixed bridge curved to match the body, across individual movable bridges made from hard wood, to looped cords. Reserve string is held in coils behind each cord loop and the cords themselves are anchored to the horns." There are basically two types of kayagum: popkum (lit. law zither) and sanjo (lit. scattered melodies) kayagum. These two kayagum are differentiated in terms of size, construction, and context. The popkum, the larger one (160 cm long by 30 cm wide by 10 cm high), is also called p'ungnyu (lit. elegance) kayagum or chongak (lit. right music) kayagum. It is associated with court and literati ensembles. Its body is made from a single piece of paulownia wood and the twelve strings are made from raw silk. The sanjo kayagum, the smaller one (about 142 cm long by 23 cm wide by 10 cm high), is associated with folk music genres and thus is believed to have evolved in the 19th century with the emergence of sanjo (improvisational solo instrumental music). Unlike popkum, the sanjo kayagum has the soundboard of paulownia and has a harder wood such as chestnut for the sides and the back. The closer spacing of the strings and the shorter length of the sanjo kayagum facilitates the technique required for the faster passages of sanjo (Clark 2001). Nowadays, people have experimented with kayagum using steel and nylon strings and sometimes 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25 strings. Musical, Cultural, and Social Contexts information about the contexts in which the instrument is and its role in culture and society performed (Who plays the instrument? What music do they play? Where, when, why is this instrument played?) Before the birth of sanjo, the kayagum tended to be used in the repertories of the court orchestra such as yominlak, p'yongjohoesang and in the repertories of the string ensemble such as yongsanhoesang, ch'onyonmanse, and bohosa, and be usually performed for leisure among the aristocracy under the name of changak. In the folk music scenes, the kayagum has been used in sinawi (instrumental improvisational music which grew out of the shamanic ritual performance in southern regions), kayagum sanjo and kayagum pyongch'ang (performance accompanying singing). With the contribution of the kayagum player Kim Ch'angjo in the late Choson Dynasty (AD 14~20C), sanjo was developed and popularized with a high improvisational artistry of sinawi and with a variety of changdan (rhythmic phrase) and melodic patterns of the narrative vocal genre p'ansori. The kayagum can be proven to be the fittest instrument to play the sanjo form of music given the fact that the melodies and rhythms of the kayagum sanjo are the most technically sophisticated in comparison with the sanjo played by other instruments, and that tanmori, a very fast changdan, is found only in kayagum sanjo (Hwang 2002). In contemporary music contexts, kayagum is not only played for traditional repertoires of changak and folk music, but it is one of the most favored instruments for ch'angjak kukak (newly-composed Korean traditional music) with the pioneer of Hwang Byungki and is modernized to the extent that the kayagum quartet performs the classical repertoires such as Vivaldi's "Four Seasons."<o:p></o:p> Playing technique methods of playing the instrument, performance practices (how is the instrument played?) The performer, sitting in a cross-legged position, puts the head of the kayagum on his or her right knee. He or she plucks and flicks the strings with the index and middle fingers, and the thumb of the right hand, and presses down the strings to the left of the movable bridges with the left hand (Clark 2001). While other Asian zithers such as the Chinese zheng, Japanese koto, Mongolian yatga, and Vietnamese dan tranh are played with the picks or plectra, the wide vibrato and pitch-bending characteristics of kayagum are achieved by pressing and pulling the string with the bare fingers. Killick (2002) describes the vibrato of the kayagum as "a sound that is warmer, more intimate, and less bright than that of most similar instruments," and Clark as "comparatively deep, wide and round." The various techniques of plucking and pressing produces nonghyon (lit. vibrating strings), the micro-tonal shading and subtle vibrato, and yo-um (lit. remaining sound), the "after-tone", which are the key aesthetics of Korean music. <o:p></o:p> Geography The continent, region, nation where this instrument originates from Korea Classification Hornbostel-Sachs, revised by MIMO 314.122 (chordophone) True board zither (the plane of the strings is parallel with that of the string bearer) with resonator box (box zither), the resonator is made from slats. Materials Strings: silk Body: paulownia wood Bibliography a list of sources referenced Clark, Jocelyn. 2001. CD Liner Note to Hwang Byungki Kayagum Masterpieces Series. Seoul, Korea: C & L Music Inc. Howard, Keith. 1988. Korean Musical Instruments: A Practical Guide. Seoul, Korea: Se-Kwang Music Publishing Co. 163–90 Hwang, Byungki. 2002. "Sanjo," in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 7, East Asia: China, Japan and Korea. Edited by Robert C. Provine, Yoshiko Tokumaru and J. Lawrence Witzleben. New York and London: Routledge. Killick, Andrew P. 2002. "Musical Instruments of Korea," in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 7, East Asia: China, Japan and Korea. Edited by Robert C. Provine, Yoshiko Tokumaru and J. Lawrence Witzleben. New York and London: Routledge. Discography Choi, Moon-jin. 2001. Pyeongjohoesang Gayageum Jeongak II. Seoul, Korea: Jigu Records. Hwang, Pyong-gi. Music from Korea. Vol. one, The Kayakeum. Honolulu: East-West Center. Hwang, Byungki. 2001. Kayagum Masterpieces. Vol. 1~4. Seoul, Korea: C & L Music Inc. Kim, Chukpa. 1985. Korean Kayagum Music Sanjo. Tokyo, Japan: King Records. Song, Kum-yon Chi & Song-ja. 1986. Music of the Kayagum. Tokyo: JVC World Sounds. Various Artists. 1995. Korea: Music of Kayagum. Wea/Sire/Discovery/Ant Tokyo. 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Title A name given to the resource West African Drumming Relation A related resource <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLb9XIdWcqeaU9av8Bg95wf3lb48xJSePn" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Classification Hornbostel-Sachs, revised by MIMO 322.112 Open arched harps - Wachsmann type 2: the tanged neck fits tightly into a hole at the narrow end of the resonator ‘like a cork in a bottle’ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Arch Harp Africa chordophone https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/fb9af1a3222f68819a52fa6df5b37105.jpg 53f92aa9a27505e963038290a24842bc https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/aa4acfc9583d2d96575a061a832e0b71.jpg 8fd48b0dd60991c2c0bf2d9711d22b98 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/1e9060f5e39445ddbc949d41494cc93b.jpg 1f30fa42396bf01d5d4941099647609c https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/f3bbd4adec15789ad351d4ebf30d03b3.mp3 9cf3e5a579fa1c3c2d6cce1b522a62ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Javanese Gamelan Description An account of the resource Gamelan is an ensemble consisting of predominantly metallophone and gong type instruments. The instruments produce tones when struck with mallets. The ensemble, in various sizes and forms, can be found in a number of Indonesian islands. In Java and Bali, gamelan has developed into an expansive ensemble, while a variety of smaller ensembles continue to exist. In Java alone, there exist several forms of gamelan ensembles. There are two especially known main gamelan styles: Sundanese (West Javanese) and Javanese gamelan. The following descriptions focus on Central Javanese gamelan. ----- INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS IN THE ENSEMBLE Javanese gamelan ensemble is known for its expansive or grandeur ensemble, employing a rich variety of instrument types. In a full set of gamelan, beside metallophones and gongs, there are other types of instruments, including a set of drums (kendhang), bowed- and plucked-strings (rebab and celempung), xylophone (gambang), and a bamboo flute (suling). A “soloist” female singing (sindhen) and male chorus (gerong) are also present in the gamelan ensemble. Each or a group of instruments and singing has a particular function in the ensemble, although there is a degree of flexibility. Generally the instruments may fall into the following three functional groupings: (1) instruments that delineate the structure of the piece; (2) instruments that guide temporal flow in the music; (3) and instruments that carries melodies in both simple and elaborate forms. Instruments in the first category include large and medium hanging gongs (gong ageng and gong suwukan), small size hanging gongs (kempul), large standing gongs (kenong), and a pair of small standing gongs (kethuk-kempyang). The stroke of a large hanging gong marks the end of the main musical unit (gongan), while other gongs (kenong, kempul, and kethuk-kempyang, respectively) subdivide it in the order of its importance. Instruments in the second category are a set of two-headed drums (kendhang). The drumming style is defined by the use of particular kendhang or a combination of them. The drumming may consist of a repeatable, simple rhythmic configuration (kendhang satunggal and kendhang kalih) to elaborate and animated rhythm (kendhang ciblon) that are associated with dance movements. The third category consists of three instrumental groupings: (a) instruments that carries melodic skeleton of the piece (balungan): saron, demung, and slenthem; (b) instruments that carries elaborate form of melodies, encompassing wide melodic registers (rebab, gambang, and singing), medium registers (gender barung) and narrow register (celempung, gender panerus, and suling). Generally, the wider their registers the more importance are their melodic functions; (3) instruments whose functions are to mediate between group a (balungan) and group b (elaborating instruments): bonang barung, bonang panerus, and peking. The anticipatory nature of the melodies of these instruments (especially bonang barung) has earned them the status of melodic guidance of the ensemble. Gamelan instruments can also be grouped according to the volume of the sound they can produced: soft-sounding and loud-sounding instruments. The soft-sounding instrument are positioned in the middle- and side-front to the middle row—rebab, gender, gambang, celempung, suling, slenthem—together with the singers. The loud-sounding instruments are in the side-front, middle, and back rows: bonang, kendhang, a group of saron, ketuk-kempyang, kenong, kempul, gong. Soft-loud category is an important basis for the playing style of gamelan and the ensemble’s interplay. ----- TUNING SYSTEM, PATHET, AND GENDHING A full gamelan set employs two tuning systems, slendro and pelog (thus, the full gamelan is actually a double sets, with the slendro set usually facing to the front and the pelog set to the side). The two sets are never played simultaneously, however. The slendro tuning consists of five notes per octave. The five intervals consist of short and medium steps. The difference between the two intervals is so small, however, that they are often described as equal or nearly equal intervals. The pelog has seven pitches per octave (1 2 3 4 5 6 7), but a gendhing is composed on the basis of the combination of sets of five pitch positions (1 2 3 5 6; 1 2 4 5 6; 2 3 5 6 7). In this sense, pelog is a pentatonic system, employing not only one but three basic five-pitch scales. Unlike slendro, narrow and wide intervals in each of these scales are apparent. Another musical concept associated with tuning system is modal classification called pathet. It is a system of the hierarchical use of tones (and/or different use of scale degrees, especially in pelog), supported by characteristics of instruments or vocal idioms to be used to approach these tones and the register of the tones used in composition. Pathet circumscribes general mood or emotive content of a composition. There are three pathet in each of the tuning systems. Composition in gamelan (gendhing) is determined and arranged by a number of parameters. First, a gendhing is composed in a particular tuning system and pathet. Secondly, a composition is framed in one of the formal structures (gongan). There are a docent formal structures defined in binary way by the stroke of gong, kenong, kempul, and kethuk. Thirdly, the melodies of gendhing are arranged in a metrical unit of four notes (gatra). ----- PERFORMANCE CONTEXTS AND HISTORY Gamelan may be performed independently, i.e., to be listened for its own sake. But gamelan is also an essential accompaniment for theatrical performances, such as dance drama and shadow wayang puppet play. Whether accompanying theatrical forms or not, gamelan is performed in several different contexts, especially in rite-of passages events and communal festivals. As history and technology advance, other contexts are created, including gamelan performance on radio and television stations. From little historical evidence we could find, it is safe to say that smaller ensembles, whether they accompanied singing or not, characterized music ensembles during the early period of Javanese history. In the 16th to 17th century, the ensemble began to develop into larger size. This was achieved by synchronizing loud- and soft-sounding instruments and vocal repertoire into an integrated musical concept. The result was an expansive size of ensemble with its hundreds of repertoire as can be found in today’s gamelan and gamelan practice. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sumarsam (2004) Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Geographic region The geographic region where the instrument is found Indonesia Ensemble The musical group in which an instrument can be found Javanese gamelan Classification Hornbostel-Sachs, revised by MIMO 314.122 (chordophone) True board zither (the plane of the strings is parallel with that of the string bearer) with resonator box (the resonator is made from slats) (box zither) Physical description Physical attributes and characteristics of the instrument, details about morphology, construction, materials, dimensions The celempung is a type of plucked-zither that is set on four legs with the front legs higher than the two rear legs; hence, the instrument slopes downward toward the player. The celempung has thirteen pairs of strings, which are stretched between the tuning pins at the higher and lower ends of the instrument. The strings rest on the bridge that is placed across the sound board (body of the instrument). Musical, Cultural, and Social Contexts information about the contexts in which the instrument is and its role in culture and society performed (Who plays the instrument? What music do they play? Where, when, why is this instrument played?) Celempung is a dispensable instrument in the ensemble. If the celempung player is absent, the ensemble can perform without it. In any event, the sound of celempung enriches the total sound of the ensemble. It is most suitable to be played in smaller gamelan ensemble. There is a small ensemble that primarily consists of two or three celempung, supported by kendhang and gong. Commonly, this ensemble is made up of itinerant musicians. Historical background information about the origins, history, and development of the instrument Although evidence of its existence can be found in the early period of Javanese history, plucked-zither type instruments have never had wide distribution in Java. It seems that this instrument never achieved an important position in the development of Javanese music. The limited use of celempung in today’s full gamelan ensemble supports this assertion. Playing technique methods of playing the instrument, performance practices (how is the instrument played?) The celempung is played with thumbnails, while the fingers damp the sound of the strings. Geography The continent, region, nation where this instrument originates from Java, Indonesia Contributors Entry authors Sumarsam (2004) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Celempung chordophone gamelan Java plucked string https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/5b95ad43abf4e1d7261ba5b32fe4cdb0.jpg 66e6d2b0c816849263555239d05e77ef https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/24bad06adc5f3d645c54d8b0a4c8c0b2.jpg b11a34b4034adf0092a50457a3512a28 https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2/files/original/b6abebabd7365c49bbc2b082bd7182b6.mp3 8716aefd9874876ac29b73e18aa7bdec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Javanese Gamelan Description An account of the resource Gamelan is an ensemble consisting of predominantly metallophone and gong type instruments. The instruments produce tones when struck with mallets. The ensemble, in various sizes and forms, can be found in a number of Indonesian islands. In Java and Bali, gamelan has developed into an expansive ensemble, while a variety of smaller ensembles continue to exist. In Java alone, there exist several forms of gamelan ensembles. There are two especially known main gamelan styles: Sundanese (West Javanese) and Javanese gamelan. The following descriptions focus on Central Javanese gamelan. ----- INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS IN THE ENSEMBLE Javanese gamelan ensemble is known for its expansive or grandeur ensemble, employing a rich variety of instrument types. In a full set of gamelan, beside metallophones and gongs, there are other types of instruments, including a set of drums (kendhang), bowed- and plucked-strings (rebab and celempung), xylophone (gambang), and a bamboo flute (suling). A “soloist” female singing (sindhen) and male chorus (gerong) are also present in the gamelan ensemble. Each or a group of instruments and singing has a particular function in the ensemble, although there is a degree of flexibility. Generally the instruments may fall into the following three functional groupings: (1) instruments that delineate the structure of the piece; (2) instruments that guide temporal flow in the music; (3) and instruments that carries melodies in both simple and elaborate forms. Instruments in the first category include large and medium hanging gongs (gong ageng and gong suwukan), small size hanging gongs (kempul), large standing gongs (kenong), and a pair of small standing gongs (kethuk-kempyang). The stroke of a large hanging gong marks the end of the main musical unit (gongan), while other gongs (kenong, kempul, and kethuk-kempyang, respectively) subdivide it in the order of its importance. Instruments in the second category are a set of two-headed drums (kendhang). The drumming style is defined by the use of particular kendhang or a combination of them. The drumming may consist of a repeatable, simple rhythmic configuration (kendhang satunggal and kendhang kalih) to elaborate and animated rhythm (kendhang ciblon) that are associated with dance movements. The third category consists of three instrumental groupings: (a) instruments that carries melodic skeleton of the piece (balungan): saron, demung, and slenthem; (b) instruments that carries elaborate form of melodies, encompassing wide melodic registers (rebab, gambang, and singing), medium registers (gender barung) and narrow register (celempung, gender panerus, and suling). Generally, the wider their registers the more importance are their melodic functions; (3) instruments whose functions are to mediate between group a (balungan) and group b (elaborating instruments): bonang barung, bonang panerus, and peking. The anticipatory nature of the melodies of these instruments (especially bonang barung) has earned them the status of melodic guidance of the ensemble. Gamelan instruments can also be grouped according to the volume of the sound they can produced: soft-sounding and loud-sounding instruments. The soft-sounding instrument are positioned in the middle- and side-front to the middle row—rebab, gender, gambang, celempung, suling, slenthem—together with the singers. The loud-sounding instruments are in the side-front, middle, and back rows: bonang, kendhang, a group of saron, ketuk-kempyang, kenong, kempul, gong. Soft-loud category is an important basis for the playing style of gamelan and the ensemble’s interplay. ----- TUNING SYSTEM, PATHET, AND GENDHING A full gamelan set employs two tuning systems, slendro and pelog (thus, the full gamelan is actually a double sets, with the slendro set usually facing to the front and the pelog set to the side). The two sets are never played simultaneously, however. The slendro tuning consists of five notes per octave. The five intervals consist of short and medium steps. The difference between the two intervals is so small, however, that they are often described as equal or nearly equal intervals. The pelog has seven pitches per octave (1 2 3 4 5 6 7), but a gendhing is composed on the basis of the combination of sets of five pitch positions (1 2 3 5 6; 1 2 4 5 6; 2 3 5 6 7). In this sense, pelog is a pentatonic system, employing not only one but three basic five-pitch scales. Unlike slendro, narrow and wide intervals in each of these scales are apparent. Another musical concept associated with tuning system is modal classification called pathet. It is a system of the hierarchical use of tones (and/or different use of scale degrees, especially in pelog), supported by characteristics of instruments or vocal idioms to be used to approach these tones and the register of the tones used in composition. Pathet circumscribes general mood or emotive content of a composition. There are three pathet in each of the tuning systems. Composition in gamelan (gendhing) is determined and arranged by a number of parameters. First, a gendhing is composed in a particular tuning system and pathet. Secondly, a composition is framed in one of the formal structures (gongan). There are a docent formal structures defined in binary way by the stroke of gong, kenong, kempul, and kethuk. Thirdly, the melodies of gendhing are arranged in a metrical unit of four notes (gatra). ----- PERFORMANCE CONTEXTS AND HISTORY Gamelan may be performed independently, i.e., to be listened for its own sake. But gamelan is also an essential accompaniment for theatrical performances, such as dance drama and shadow wayang puppet play. Whether accompanying theatrical forms or not, gamelan is performed in several different contexts, especially in rite-of passages events and communal festivals. As history and technology advance, other contexts are created, including gamelan performance on radio and television stations. From little historical evidence we could find, it is safe to say that smaller ensembles, whether they accompanied singing or not, characterized music ensembles during the early period of Javanese history. In the 16th to 17th century, the ensemble began to develop into larger size. This was achieved by synchronizing loud- and soft-sounding instruments and vocal repertoire into an integrated musical concept. The result was an expansive size of ensemble with its hundreds of repertoire as can be found in today’s gamelan and gamelan practice. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sumarsam (2004) Musical Instrument A sound-making object used for musical performance or in a musical context Geographic region The geographic region where the instrument is found Java, Indonesia Classification Hornbostel-Sachs, revised by MIMO 321.311 Spike bowl lute: the resonator consists of a natural or carved-out bowl Ensemble The musical group in which an instrument can be found Javanese gamelan Physical description Physical attributes and characteristics of the instrument, details about morphology, construction, materials, dimensions Rebab is a two-stringed bowed lute with a heart-shaped body of wood covered with a membrane made of parchment from a cow bladder. Pierced through the body, a long spike made of wood or ivory, or a combination of both, supports the strings at the top and serving as a foot at the bottom. The brass strings are stretched up across the membrane from a point on the leg (just below the body) to the elongated pegs in the upper part of the spike. When the rebab is bowed, the strings must be placed on the top of a little wooden bridge (srenten). The bridge is positioned between the strings and the upper part of the membrane. The bow uses a bunch of horsehairs (or plastic) loosely attached on the bow. In playing the rebab, the player must pull this horse hairs to a particular tension in order to produce desired volume and sound from the strings. Musical, Cultural, and Social Contexts information about the contexts in which the instrument is and its role in culture and society performed (Who plays the instrument? What music do they play? Where, when, why is this instrument played?) Rebab is one of the leading instruments in the ensemble, especially in the soft style of playing gendhing; it guides the melodic flow of the piece. In the first place, the rebab played the introduction (buka) of the piece, determining the piece, laras, and pathet that will be played by the ensemble. In some pieces, the rebab plays a melodic cues to lead the ensemble to play different section of the piece. More important, the rebab properly expresses the “true” melodic motion of gendhing in its proper melodic register, since it is the only two instruments in the ensemble whose melodic register could constitute the full melodic range of any composition. Historical background information about the origins, history, and development of the instrument It is most likely that rebab is originated from the Middle East, arriving in Indonesia in the period of the expansion of Islam in Indonesia in the 16th century. The incorporation of rebab into the gamelan ensemble happened during the period of the development of gamelan toward the formation of a large ensemble. This formation consisted of combining loud sounding, soft sounding instruments (Kunst), and vocal repertoire into an integrated musical concept (Sumarsam); hence, the development of a full size gamelan ensemble as it is commonly found today and its gendhing repertoire. Rebab became a leading instrument for its vocally inspired melodic delivery; this is because in a large degree vocal music inherently embody in the gendhing in this new musical concept. Geography The continent, region, nation where this instrument originates from Indonesia Materials wood, cow bladder, ivory, brass, horsehairs, plastic Contributors Entry authors Sumarsam (2004) Video Embed YouTube video <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZyuHG8JXTEA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rebab bowed chordophone gamelan Java string