It helps me appreciate the complexity and strangeness of this wonderful music, to have it played on an instrument I'm familiar with. Kind of meets me halfway. Is it perfectly authentic? Is it an exact representation of gamelan? Don't know, don't care. It sounds great.
훌륭합니다. gamelan을 최근에 알게 되었는데, 아름다운 소리와 다성음악이라는 점 때문에 굉장히 몰입하게 되었습니다. 인도네시아 언어도 주변의 동남아시아 국가와는 달리 성조가 없어서 남유럽 언어처럼 들리는데, 인도네시아라는 나라는 주변과 구별되는 개성이 있는 나라라는 생각이 듭니다.
I think it would be better if played on microtonal instruments. Don't get me wrong played wonderfully, but since the gamelan's scales is a little bit different than the western chromatic scale, I think microtonal piano would bring the "authentic vibes" of the gamelan. But my guess, this piece is written using the western scale so udah terlanjur sih yaudah.
Don't care about "authenticity". How you like dat? "Authenticity" and keeping the music separate from other traditions is the wrong path. For me, anyway. I see tremendous value in interacting/combining/influencing between traditions.
@@Trollificusv2 I see your point and I respect that, but it's not quite my value. I get the idea of "combining" or "influencing" and I think it's totally fine. But sushi are still from Japan. You may have an American style sushi, but it won't be the same. It's different and it's okay. The thing that I learn from the Javanese is that, if something seems not quite right, maybe it just not your value. That's why you'll get a different note from each Gamelan set even tho they call it the same note. And it's okay, it just how they like it. And maybe you don't understand Indonesian, at the end I said, it's totally fine, but it'll get better if played on a microtonal piano.
also the piano chords struck quite differently compared to the percussive gamelan, more like closer to bass guitar and further from xylophone. even though it was sustained, still sounded muted and did not quite have the "crash" found in gamelan. she did a great job tho on the piano (as she is not the composer/songwriter)
