Today some of the musicians in the gamelan played a short demonstrations for us. They were really incredible. Its great to hear them since most of them have been playing together for 10 years at least. Pak Dewa, attempted to explain how some of the mechanics of the gamelan work, how the percussion players listen for cues from specific players and certain instruments.
We ended the day by learning a form of Kecak, where we all sat in a semi-circle facing each other, and created rhythm in body movement and vocalisations. The leader will call out a command to the group and we’d immediately follow in different vocal sections and then join in sounds and movements. It was really fun and some people looked pretty into it (and crazy).
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