Southeast Asia
- shamanism
- shamans use music as a medium btwn the living and spiritual
- music
- ritual
- respect
- identity
- not just for entertainment purposes
- here, music takes of a diff role and perspective
- deep dives into identity
- acculturation- mix of 2 cultures
- thailand
- piphat ensemble
- saw (fiddle)
- ranat (xylophone)
- khim (dulcimer)
- class of instruments
- strings are flat but you need an object to play it
- 2 sticks to play it
- lutes
- instruments where the strings are held upright (eg guitar)
- sitar is a lute
- zithers
- use fingers to play string instruments that are flat
- pinai (oboe)
- indonesia
- gamelan
- balinese instrument(s)-
- javanese instrument(s)-kenong, saron, gender
- an ensemble of tuned percussion gongs
- javanese
- balinese
- balinese gamelan differs from the rest of gamelan ensemble bc of religion
- balinese ppl are hindu; religious practices of a community greatly inlfuences the type of music that is produced
- Philippines
- roman catholicism
- colonized by the spanish for 300 years
- japanese took over for 5 years
- american rule- 50 years
- singing and religion go hand-in-hand
- music in society
- mass→ singing
- governance
- risk management processes to ensure that there is no abuse of power and abuse
- transparency
- Filipinos go overseas to work either as domestic workers or nurses etc.
- poverty+ philippines→ free instrument that ppl have complete power over
- choral music
- instruments
- kulingtang (gongs)
- nose flute (kalaleng)
- flute but played b the nose
- instruments made from the materials found in our country