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gamelanPercussion ensemble of 15 to 20 players using mainly tuned knobbed gongs and keyed metallophones found in Indonesia (especially Java and Bali) and Malaysia. Most modern gamelan are tuned to a five-note or seven-note system. Gamelan music is performed as an accompaniment for dance and theatre. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| with the sound of a gamalan orchestra, the Canadian composer worked a trancelike mood through "a repetitiveness that we associate with minimalist music, but a repetitiveness due to the nature of percussion instruments. Gamalan music, storytelling with Ian Stevens and a hunt for the CCA ghost. Los Angeles 90006 Magnolia is the site for interactive activities with over 200 neighborhood kids that will include playing music with the American Gamalan, building kites with rocket scientists, one-on-one reading programs, theater with the Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater Group, art projects and team sports. |
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