Gamelan Unit- Learning through discovery

Lesson One
Vocabulary
Conductor
(beat, dynamic levels, tempo, meter,
start, stop)
Cadence
-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 - 7 -8 =8
beats
Dampening STOP THE VIBRATION!
Clean tones
Ensemble everybody must feel the same pulse
and count or mark the beat pattern on the
instruments in different ways.

Scale (pentatonic)
How many pitches? How many bars?
Who conducts the gamelan? (what does
that mean?)
What does the word gamelan mean?

Lesson Two
Vocab: Syncopation
LEARNING GOALS
Do you know the 8 beat basic
pattern for all instruments? (rotate
through bars, pots, gongs, drums)
The roll of syncopation vs basic
beat
The importance of LISTENING
Assigned positions in the ensemble
toward learning a performance
song
BEAT, MELODY, DECORATION
Lesson 3 Micro beats (Sixteenth
notes)
Vocab: Syncopation
Gamelan music is not about
harmony, it is about division of
time: dividing the beat into micro
beats and complex rhythm
patterns that use micro beats. It
is important that you can feel the
pulse of the beat while hearing
and feeling micro-beats. The
conductor uses a special micro-
beat drumming language.
Review melody and 8 beat cadence
Review 4 groups/catagories of
instruments
Bars, gongs, pots, drums
Divisions of the beat-
Introduction, Ending the song
Specialty parts embellish or
decorate the melody line but do not
play melody
Lesson 4 Music Element FORM
Motifs 1-2-3-
What is the order of the motifs in
the song?
How do you know when to change
from one motif into the next?
Clean up the dampening
Strengthen math-
 Absolute division of the beat.
SPOT ON!
Reyong and Trompong

Lesson 5
lets Dance
Alignment of beats to microbeats
Western VS Eastern Music
Intro -1-2-3-4- 5 + 6-+-7-+-8-+-
Division of time!
 Reyong

How can we become an excellent

ensemble?
Gamelan Unit- Learning through discovery

Lesson One
Vocabulary
Conductor
 (beat, dynamic levels, tempo, meter,
start, stop)
Cadence
-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 - 7 -8 =8
beats
Dampening STOP THE VIBRATION!
Clean tones
Ensemble everybody must feel the same pulse
and count or mark the beat pattern on the
instruments in different ways.

Scale (pentatonic)
How many pitches? How many bars?
Who conducts the gamelan? (what does
that mean?)
What does the word gamelan mean?

Lesson Two
Vocab: Syncopation
LEARNING GOALS
Do you know the 8 beat basic
pattern for all instruments? (rotate
through bars, pots, gongs, drums)
The roll of syncopation vs basic
beat
The importance of LISTENING
Assigned positions in the ensemble
toward learning a performance
song
BEAT, MELODY, DECORATION

Lesson 3 Micro beats (Sixteenth

notes)
Vocab: Syncopation
Gamelan music is not about
harmony, it is about division of
time: dividing the beat into micro
beats and complex rhythm
patterns that use micro beats. It
is important that you can feel the
pulse of the beat while hearing
and feeling micro-beats. The
conductor uses a special micro-
beat drumming language.
Review melody and 8 beat cadence
Review 4 groups/catagories of
instruments
Bars, gongs, pots, drums
Divisions of the beat-
Introduction, Ending the song
Specialty parts embellish or
decorate the melody line but do not
play melody
Lesson 4 Music Element FORM
Motifs 1-2-3-
What is the order of the motifs in
the song?
How do you know when to change
from one motif into the next?
Clean up the dampening
Strengthen math-
Absolute division of the beat.
SPOT ON!
Reyong and Trompong
Gamelan Unit- Learning through discovery

Lesson One
Vocabulary
Conductor
(beat, dynamic levels, tempo, meter,
start, stop)
Cadence
-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 - 7 -8 =8
beats
Dampening STOP THE VIBRATION!
Clean tones
Ensemble everybody must feel the same pulse
and count or mark the beat pattern on the
instruments in different ways.

Scale (pentatonic)
 How many pitches? How many bars?
Who conducts the gamelan? (what does
that mean?)
What does the word gamelan mean?

Lesson Two
Vocab: Syncopation
LEARNING GOALS
Do you know the 8 beat basic
pattern for all instruments? (rotate
through bars, pots, gongs, drums)
The roll of syncopation vs basic
beat
The importance of LISTENING
Assigned positions in the ensemble
toward learning a performance
song
 BEAT, MELODY, DECORATION

Lesson 3 Micro beats (Sixteenth

notes)
Vocab: Syncopation
Gamelan music is not about
harmony, it is about division of
time: dividing the beat into micro
beats and complex rhythm
patterns that use micro beats. It
is important that you can feel the
pulse of the beat while hearing
and feeling micro-beats. The
conductor uses a special micro-
beat drumming language.
Review melody and 8 beat cadence
Review 4 groups/catagories of
instruments
Bars, gongs, pots, drums
Divisions of the beat-
Introduction, Ending the song
Specialty parts embellish or
decorate the melody line but do not
play melody
Lesson 4 Music Element FORM
Motifs 1-2-3-
What is the order of the motifs in
the song?
How do you know when to change
from one motif into the next?
Clean up the dampening
Strengthen math-
 Absolute division of the beat.
SPOT ON!
Reyong and Trompong

How can we become an excellent

ensemble?
1) Make music not noise
2) Feel the common beat the
same way.
3) Always know where 8 is in
the cycle
 4) Understand the division of
TIME
Think in microbeats
Western VS Eastern Music
Intro -1-2-3-4- 5 + 6-+-7-+-8-+-
Division of time!
Drumming introduction
Reyong
Lesson 5
lets Dance
Alignment of beats to microbeats
Western VS Eastern Music
Intro -1-2-3-4- 5 + 6-+-7-+-8-+-
Division of time!
Reyong