Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

AS A CONNECTION FOR
TECHNOLOGY
FUTURE
THE
and traditional cultures may not have had computers and DJ equipment,
Ancient
they innovated and performed music that was pivotal to their way of life.
but
the modern world, we tend to save our own playlists and stick to the
Within
of music we most enjoy. But what if the technology we use to consume
type
could also become the technology we use to connect with traditional and
music
cultures for new ideas?
contemporary
traditional Gamelan ensembles of Java and Bali have a
The
tonal quality that creates an almost hypnotic effect
unique
the layering of different melodic and rhythmic
through
Typically, entire ensembles are set into two tuning
patterns.
into electronica is something that Jakarta-based trio
sources
can now do live! Visit www.ableton.com/en/
Uwalmassa
How has technology connected traditional
and contemporary cultures?
Figure 9.36 ■
slendro
scale
pelog
systems, (a 5-note ) and (a 7-note
scale), with a collection of gongs like the aerophone
suling
chordophone
rebab
and
. Translating these sound
to hear what they
blog/uwalmassa-gamelan-deconstructed
‘… a dialogue between natural, synthesised, and heavily
call
processed sounds’.
Figure 9.37 Visit Uwalmassa’s article at www.ableton.
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com/en/blog/uwalmassa-gamelan-deconstructed/
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