MAPEH (4 QUARTER)

• • WAYANG KULIT  is an ancient but popular form of shadow puppet play from Indonesia.
• Wayang kulit -  Has been in existence for the last 1000 years
• WAYANG  = “SHADOW” 
• KULIT = “LEATHER” or “SKIN”
• WAYANG KULIT - Performed live & features HINDU EPICS & POLITICAL EVENTS
• MUSICAL ELEMENTS depicted in the stories

  •RHYTHM                           •TEMPO

  •MELODY                            •TIMBRE
• DALANG – is a one-man master puppeteer who has a forceful but expressive voice.
• KAWI – language used ; form of old Javanese language.
• Components of the Wayang Kulit:

    Performance time : 9pm to 5pm
• GOLEK – is a puppet who asks the audience the moral learned
• KABUKI – is the most famous theater form in Japan.
• Ka (SONG)
• bu (DANCE)
• ki (SKILL)
• ORIGINAL (kabuki): presented by COMMONERS
• CURRENT(kabuki): became an EXCLUSIVE ALL-MALE PERFORMANCE (ONNAGATA)
• FUNDAMENTAL THEMES OF KABUKI PLAYS: struggles between civilization and the feudalistic system
• DEBAYASHI (music) : the Japanese term for on-stage ensemble with the accompaniment of the hayashi ensemble
• GEZA – Japanese term for offstage music, sets the mood, scenes, and musical clues to the location or action
• KIMONO – the traditional Japanese dress of women, is worn on the first day of showing of the Kabuki.
• 1. SHOSAGOTO (DANCE DRAMA) – is the most elite dance of the performers accompanied by vocal and instrumental music.
• 2. JIDAI-MONO – shows the historical facts or present dramatized versions of warriors or nobles.
• 3. SEWAMONO (DOMESTIC DRAMA) – depicts the life of the plebian class. It is essentially a realistic story that centers on the commoner.
• 1. IPPON CHOSI (CONTINUOUS PATTERN) – is a vocal technique that requires astonishing breath control to achieve an intense climax in ARAGOTO STYLE.
•   ARAGOTO – is similar  to a tough, forceful, and rough champion vocal style.
• 2. NORI TECHNIQUE – is used for reciting the JORJURI:
• JORJURI - (JAPANESE NARRATIVE MUSIC: where the TAYU (actor), sings the accompaniment of a SHAMISEN.
• SHAMISEN - (STRING INSTRUMENT) in a riding rhythm style.
• RIDING RHYTHM – is singing in a steady and constant beat.
• 3. YAKUHARAI TECHNIQUE – is a delicate style of conveying the lines in metrical forms of alternating seven and five syllables.
• NAGAUTA MUSIC (LONG SONG) – vocal musical feature; which is a dominant style of music in lyric form that uses a system of notation.
• 1. SHAMISEN – the principal instrument which is a three-stringed instrument
• 2. KOTSUZUMI – a small drum held on the right shoulder
• 3. OTSUZUMI – a drum held on the left hip
• 4. TAIKO – a barrel drum set on a stand that is struck with a stick
• HANAMICHI (FLOWER WALK RAMP PASSAGEWAY) – serves as additional entrance/exit points of actors. >MOST IMPORTANT SCENES are presented on this ramp
• MAWARIBUTAI – is a revolving stage that allows for the quick changes of scenes without disturbing the flow of the plot.
• KUROGO  - is a man dressed in black that serves as a prompter and is not part of the presentation.
• MIE – is a momentary pause or a pictorial pose of actors. Sometimes, the actor assumes a cross-eyed stare.
• LANTERN FESTIVALS – are celebrated by countries from across the Asian Region.