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
        • trance-like
        • gentle
      • balinese
        • louder
        • virtuosic
      • 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