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The roles and functions of the instruments in a <em>calung <\/em>ensemble are illustrated in an first multimedia animation, which demonstrates the musical principles underlying performance through the integration of video and transcriptions in Javanese cipher notation (<em>kepatihan<\/em>). Two further video animations explore the performance techniques that characterise the sound of the <em>gambang<\/em> xylophones, the main melodic instruments of the ensemble: through video and real-time transcriptions, they present the workings of rhythmic-melodic interlocking (<em>imbal<\/em>) and the advanced techniques of melodic ornamentation (<em>gambangan<\/em> and <em>onelan<\/em>) on the two xylophones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth edition of the editorial series World Music Listening Guides. 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