Gamelan Gong Kebyar: Gamelan, Kotekan, Bali, Modernism (music), Tempo, Dynamics (music), Pelog, Syncopation, Loudness, Melody

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gamelan gong kebyar is a modern style or genre of Balinese gamelan music. Kebyar means "the process of flowering", and refers to the explosive changes in tempo and dynamics characteristic of the style. It is the most popular form of gamelan in Bali, and its best known musical export. Gong kebyar music is based on a five-tone scale called pelog selisir, and is characterized by brilliant sounds, syncopations, sudden and gradual changes in sound colour, dynamics, tempo and articulation, and complex, complementary interlocking melodic and rhythmic patterns called kotekan.