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GENDER WAYANG, Balinese Gamelan Sample Pack

by Bali Gamelan Samples

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Big Gong I 00:17
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Small Gong I 00:14
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Kemong I 00:07
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Ceng Ceng I 00:01
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about

Gamelan Gender Wayang is a style of Gamelan music played in Bali, Indonesia. It is required for Wayang (Shadow Puppet Theatre) and most sacred Balinese Hindu Rituals and Ceremonies. One of the smallest of Gamelan ensembles, it requires only two players and is complete at four, the additional instruments doubling an octave above (Except the batel version, which includes Kendang, Percussion, Gong and Flutes, like this Sample Pack) . Like other Gamelan genres, it incorporates delicate interlocking melodies and active contrapuntal movement, yet poses unique challenges in technique and composition.

It's sounds are displayed in a 5 tones Slendro scale, showed as the following:

DING
DONG
DENG
DUNG
DANG

In this Gamelan sample pack you will find the following instruments of a typical Balinese Gender Wayang Orchestra:

KANTIL (2)
PEMADE (4)

The first 2 Kantils and 2 Pemades belongs to one Gender Wayang Ensemble.
The 2 Pemades extra named as "Buda", are from a different set, add to have more creative flavour.

Percussion and Melodic samples were added of the following instruments, to enhance creativeness and experimental compositions:

GONG
SULING (FLUTES)
KENDANG
KETUG BUMI
CENG CENG
KEMPLI
KEMPUR
KEMONG

Including the prefix "OMBAK" in the samples it means that both pair of instruments are played TOGETHER (Ombak meaning "Wave", it creates the desired effect of waving/chorus in between the ensemble).

credits

released March 3, 2023

The recording of this samples started in the month of August 2020 in Batubulan Kangin with 2 Pemades of Pak Budha and continued in July 2021 with the Gender Wayang Ensembles of the University ISI Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia (2 Pemades and 2 Kantils). Recordings, production and edition made by the student Agustín Oscar Rissotti.

Extra percussion samples from Narwastu Ensemble in Batubulan were added.

Eternal thanks to I Wayan Sweca and Kadek Astawa for letting me enter the University, Monali Viraya for lending me her Genders, and Jonathan Bailey for lending me the pangguls and open his Sanggar for my experimentation. The Kendang fills are recorded by Nyoman Darsane.

Cover Photography by Tropenmuseum.

Please support buying and downloading. All earnings made from this samples are destined to foment and continue the tradition of Balinese Arts.

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