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Meter
o 0:00 - 0:33 4/4 (brief aberration at 0:10)
o 0:34 - 1:19 Polyrhythm, difficult to count (breaks/ fermatas make it extra difficult)
o 1:20 - end 4/4 (don't let the sneaky tempo changes, accenting, and polyrhythm
getcha - it is [more or less])
Rhythm
o The first 8 seconds essentially define all the rhythmic motifs that will be used
from then on out, in some form or another.
o 0:08-0:12 - repetition of the same rhythmic phrase.
o 0:12-0:34 - layered ostinati of melody and rhythm, with the lowest instruments
keeping a steady beat, and the higher instruments being a little fancier with their
layering. This is consistent throughout after this point (excepting a few key
portions)
o 0:33-0:34 - repeating that little ending motif that keeps coming up.
o 0:34-0:58 - the horizontal gong layering is to the extent that the polyrhythm
o
horizontal gongs.
o 1:24, the drums start adding some new unheard rhythmic accenting, to spice
the texture temporarily before all the other instruments join in.
o Thicker layers are texture are laid on my the higher pitched instruments.
Key/Tonality
o Harmonies are consonant, but not of traditional harmony.
harmony.
Instrumentation
o Mostly a metalophone gamelan, with some bamboo flutes and the drums.
Gongs, both large and small, upright and horizontal.
Keyed metalophones
Melody/Ornamentation
o Almost all the melody that is used in the piece is introduced in the first 8 seconds
of the video, with the rest using small fragments of this to build a very thick
textured sound
Notable exception is the bamboo flutes, who sound to be playing
something related but not directly developed from those melodic motifs.
o Often you can hear a slow, full melody being played in the background by the
biggest, lowest gongs, while the higher and smaller metallophones play variations
o 3:34 - 3:42 - reference to the individual section development within the small
gongs.
o 3:43 - 3:52 - return to bamboo flute melody and development
o 3:52 - End [excluding transition into next piece] - back to dense section 1 with
references to dense section 2 - also some references to the material of the musical