Music

• Gamelan


  Orchestra consisting largely of gongs and tuned metal instruments struck with mallets, used to accompany Wayang Kulit performances
• Dalang


  Puppeteer and storyteller who operates the puppets, narrates the story, speaks the dialogue, provides sound effects, and conducts the Gamelan in a Wayang Kulit performance
• Peking Opera


  Chinese theatrical form that combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics

  
• Peking Opera is a combination of four big opera troupes from the Anhui province in China
• Peking Opera


  • Combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics
• Kabuki is the first dramatic entertainment in Japan designed for the common people
• Kabuki


  • Combines acting, singing, and dancing in a stylized manner
• Wayang Kulit is considered one of the oldest puppet theater forms in Asia
• The Gamelan orchestra provides the music that accompanies Wayang Kulit performances
• Gamelan music has a bright, lingering sound and majestic melodies due to its bronze content
• Balinese Gamelan adds delicate percussive melody to the music
• Wayang Kulit


  Traditional Indonesian theater performed with shadow puppets
• Wayang Kulit performance

  • Accompanied by the Gamelan ensemble
• Gamelan


  An orchestra consisting largely of several varieties of gongs and various sets of tuned metal instruments that are struck with mallets
• Gamelan music


  • Gives a bright, lingering sound and majestic melodies
  • Balinese gamelan adds delicate sounds of percussive melody
  • Has two major dramatic functions that accompany the Dalang
• Dalang


  The puppeteer and storyteller who operates the puppets, narrates the story, speaks all the dialogue, provides the sound effects, and conducts the Gamelan
• Peking Opera


  An essential cultural tradition in China, a synthesis of stylized action, singing, dialogue, mime, dancing, and acrobatic fighting to represent a story or depict different characters and their emotions
• Music of Peking Opera


  • Not created by a composer, but based on sets of traditional, codified tunes
  • The singing mainly follows two sets of tunes
  • Uses traditional musical instruments
• Musical instrument divisions in Peking Opera

  • Wenchang (to accompany the singing of the actors and actresses, featuring jinghu, yuequin, and pipa)
  • Whuchang (to accompany the acting, dancing and fighting)
• Kabuki


  A traditional Japanese theater art that combines singing, dancing, and acting

  
• Kabuki theater


  • Designed for the tastes of the common people in Japan
  • Dated at least 400 years, originated from a female dancer "Okuni" performing comedic imitations of Buddhist prayers
• Hayashi


  A group of performers who provide musical accompaniment for Kabuki, including shamisen players, traditional percussion instruments, and wind instruments
• Theatrical performance can be applied in all life situations because it involves day-to-day events in our life
• Kabuki of Japan, Peking Opera of China, and Wayang Kulit of Indonesia are examples of how people performed their daily activities whether on stage or in actual life events

  
• Wayang Kulit


  Shadow puppet performance in Indonesia
• Gamelan orchestra in Wayang Kulit

  • Accompanies the performance
  • Plays music to emphasize statements or phrases
  • Reacts instinctively to the Dalang's (puppeteer) timing and narration
• Acts in Wayang Kulit performance

  1. Pathet Nem

  2. Pathet Sanga

  3. Pathet Manyura
• Pathet Nem, Pathet Sanga, Pathet Manyura


  Parallel the mood progression and symbolize stages and spiritual developments in the life of the story's hero
• Peking Opera music


  • Based on sets of traditional, codified songs
  • Singing primarily follows two sets of tunes: Xipi (expresses ecstatic mood) and Erhuang (conveys low-key, deep thought)
• Changbai in Peking Opera

  Recitation of dialogues produced with rhythm by the actor
• Release of lines by Peking Opera actors is strictly regulated by a community of people
• Peking Opera lines are governed by strict tempos and rhythms
• Geza-ongaku in Kabuki

  Off-stage music
• Shosa-ongaku in Kabuki

  On-stage music

  
• Ki and Tsuke in Kabuki


  Musical terms considered as "signaling" accents complementing the action of the performers and transition of one scene to the other
• Wayang Kulit

  Indonesian theater which showcases shadow puppetry
• Theater


  Broad range of collaborative artistic performances such as singing, dancing and acting
• Kabuki


  First dramatic entertainment designed for the tastes of common people in Japan
• Shamisen


  Musical instrument that plays a significant role in a Kabuki performance
• Xipi


  Tunes used in Peking Opera to express an ecstatic mood such as pleasure, rage or agitation