And it's wonderful because the gamelan is like a microcosm of how the Balinese live.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Stars With An Indonesian Sound] Reference

The gamelan is a traditional Indonesian ensemble.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Petronas profit drops due to lower prices] Reference

Exotic percussion plays against the steady gamelan figure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference

And I really did want to tell you about the gamelan concert!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

GAIL WEIN: Everyone in Bali grows up hearing and playing gamelan.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Stars With An Indonesian Sound] Reference

I was scraping strings, and the final recording came out gamelan-esque.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Fat Clips!!! : MICHAEL ROBINSON – Xologola] Reference

Even the gas stations along the way come with piped-in, tinkly gamelan music.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Hour Out: Bali] Reference

The concert area was set up with a gamelan orchestra, and we decided to check it out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bagpipe to Gamelan] Reference

There was a brief telephone convo right near the end about editing some gamelan strikes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Working Fire | clusterflock] Reference

A few of them have also taken up composing for the gamelan, taking it into new directions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gamelan Sekar Jaya] Reference

Andy McGraw first heard Balinese gamelan in a world music class, and he absolutely hated it.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Stars With An Indonesian Sound] Reference

Number 6 was almost always introduced by that insistent 9-note melody played on the gamelan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tuesday Tune: 'All Along the Watchtower' by Bear McCreary] Reference

His compositions also began to integrate some of the hypnotic beats of Balinese gamelan music.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago's Avant-Garde Musicians] Reference

As they approached the front door the stones on which they trod rang like the plates of a gamelan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time of the Transference]

Working on music this afternoon at home while M is quilting, then seeing a gamelan concert tonight.    From Wordnik.com.  [[film] The Nightmare before Christmas 3-D rerelease] Reference

Then they form a circle while making sounds like gamelan (traditional instrument), with their voices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kecak Dance] Reference

Mayell spoke with the chiming notes of a gamelan, displaying a voice sweet enough to match her appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metrognome and other Stories]

WEIN: Dharma Swara musician Vivian Fung says she learned something about communication by playing gamelan.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Stars With An Indonesian Sound] Reference

At one point I heard gamelan music off in the distance, and later the call to prayer from a faraway mosque.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trowulan: Indonesia's Ancient Empire] Reference

Agree that the whole Balinese gamelan thing seems indeed to be about encouraging that kind of cultural mixing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gamelan Sekar Jaya] Reference

The result is not exactly punkrock, more like indonesian gamelan but I'm sure some of you hippies might enjoy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

An oil lamp flame licks and glimmers through a thin white cloth screen as melodies air from the gamelan ensemble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wayang Kulit or Shadow Puppet in Bali] Reference

(Soundbite of applause) (Soundbite of music) WEIN: Many gamelan performances in Bali take the form of a competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Stars With An Indonesian Sound] Reference

Ms. VIVIAN FUNG (Musician): I think for me, one of the biggest differences is the collective mentality of the gamelan.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Stars With An Indonesian Sound] Reference

Everyone who likes ANY kind of music - pop, jazz, classical, gamelan or anything else - thinks it's the best there is.    From Wordnik.com.  [A thought from Faure] Reference

I was at the edge of the seat most of the time, feeling very appalled with the deranged clanking of those sacred gamelan.    From Wordnik.com.  [natinski Diary Entry] Reference

John Cage's "Amores" joined the gamelan-like sound of prepared piano, played by Lin, with parts for three percussionists.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Verge of experimental dissolution] Reference

There was a musical instrument made out of parts of old ink-jet printers; it sounded a bit like a gamelan on an escalator.    From Wordnik.com.  [Object-Oriented Objects at N.Y.U. - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

I think one of the women in the gamelan is someone I worked with over 20 years ago -- her object in life was to be a drummer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gamelan Sekar Jaya] Reference

Britten had just finished a long Asian tour in the late 1950s where he was bowled over by the gamelan orchestras he heard in Bali.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

And his work reflects years of studying African drumming, Balinese gamelan, Hebrew cantillation, jazz and early Western classical music.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Reich: A Wild Compositional Ride] Reference

Balinese gamelan musicians in Tabanan, Bali, 1977.    From Wordnik.com.  [WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook] Reference

However Widodo continued to be active in the gamelan world.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

But despite his busy schedule, Widodo has not forgotten the gamelan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

Mr. Body's influences include gamelan, Maori and early English music.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Between 1973 and 1977, Widodo continued to study gamelan in Surakarta, Central Java.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

Although Widodo has been blind since birth, that hasn't prevented him from mastering gamelan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

From the Island of Bali pays homage to Debussy and to the fascination of the gamelan orchestra.    From Wordnik.com.  [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference

To improve his gamelan-playing abilities, Widodo was sent to a special school in Yogyakarta in 1973.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference