Music Q4

• Wayang Kulit


  One of the most distinctive shadow plays among Asian dramas which has evolved and grown most fully in Java and Bali, Indonesia
• Wayang Kulit puppets


  • Flat puppets that are cut and designed with intricate patterns
  • Sizes range from six inches to more than three feet
  • Mounted on sticks from the buffalo horn
• Wayang Kulit performance


  Shadow can be shown when projected on a screen with an oil lamp or electric light to bring life to the shadow images on the screen
• Composition of a complete set of Wayang Kulit puppets

  • 300 - 400 figures
• Traditional Wayang Kulit performance

  Starts at 8:30 pm and lasts until dawn or 9 to 10 hours for the whole performance
• Major characters in Wayang Kulit

  Based on or originated from two epic stories of Hinduism: Mahabharata and Ramayana
• Gamelan


  The heart of art music of Indonesia because it performs a vital part in establishing the moods and emphasizing the action of the plays
• Gamelan instruments


  • Saron
  • Rebab
  • Bonang
  • Suling
• Kabuki


  Comprises of the three Japanese characters where "ka" means "song", "bu" means "dance" and "ki" means "skill"
• Kabuki play


  • More entertaining because of its colorful and amazing make-ups, movements, skills, and other spectacular effects and to its unique and unrevealing characters on stage
• Kabuki performers were all male in the 17th century, because women were banned from performing due to the idea of prostitution and male spectators being attracted to female performers
• Kabuki performance elements


  • Kabuki make up
  • Kabuki dance
  • Kimono
• Kabuki musical instruments


  • Shamisen
  • Hyoshigi
  • Taiko
  • Tsuzumi & Otsuzumi
• Kabuki musical accompaniment


  • Hayashi - a group of performers who provide musical accompaniment
  • Nagauta - basic lyric musical accompaniment
• Peking Opera


  The most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics
• Peking Opera


  • Arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century
  • Showed the Asian charm and attracted much attention from Western audience
  • Considered one of the most important ways to explain traditional Chinese culture
  • Draws from history, anecdotes and folk legends, reflecting Chinese core values such as loyalty and filial piety
• Necessary skills of Peking Opera performance


  • Singing
  • Recitative
  • Acting
  • Acrobatic Fighting
• Peking Opera musical instruments

  • Yueqin
  • Suona
  • Tan-pi-ku
  • Siao Lo
• Peking Opera costumes

  Known as "xingtou" (costumes of actors) or "juzhuang", they give the audience a sense of luxury and beauty with exquisite embroidery, exaggerated patterns and bright colors
• Niyaga - the musician of gamelan
• Pesindhen - female solo singer who sings with a gamelan
• Gunungan - special figures in the form of pictures of mountains and its contents
• Kelir - screen made of white cotton stretched on a wooden frame
• Dalang - storyteller/puppeteer who narrates the story while manipulating the puppets behind a screen made of white cloth
• Blencong - a coconut oil-fueled lighting device
• Gedebok - A banana trunk
• Kota Kayu - Wooden chest