Learning Guide Grade 8

e grade 8Cambodia ANGKOR WAT Cambodia is one of the most beautiful countries in Southeast Asia. It is also known as Kâmpŭchéa. It was the center of the Khmer (Cambodian) kingdom of Angkor, a great empire that dominated Southeast Asia for 600 years. Their music gained a world-wide reputation in the 1960s until the dramatic political problems in Cambodia. Art music is highly influenced by ancient forms as well as Hindu forms. Cambodian court music is roughly similar to that of Java, Indonesia. They feature choruses with large orchestras based on struck keys and gongs. Cambodian people also absorbed and adopted Indian, Chinese, European. The Pinpeat is a Cambodian musical ensemble or an orchestra that usually accompanies ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples. Music is always part of their court dances, masked plays, shadow plays, and religious ceremonies. This group is similar to the Piphat ensemble of Thailand and usually consists of nine or ten instruments. Other musical instruments in pinpeat : SAMPHOR - a double-headed drum played with hands (membranophone) ONEAT – xylophones (idiophone) KONGVONG - gong circles (idiophone) CHHING – finger cymbals (idiophone) SKORTHOM – two big drums similar to Japanese (membranophone)

Indonesia BOROBUDUR 17,500 islands. With over 238 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country and is the fourth biggest nation of the world. Through interaction with other cultures such as Indian, Arabic, Chinese and European, a wide range of musical styles has been developed. There are two basic kinds of Indonesian music scale: o Slendro – five (5) equidistant tones in octave o Peloq – heptatonic (7) tone scale with semi tone Both vocal and instrumental music in Indonesia use slendro and peloq scales. Polyphonic stratification kind of melody is a result of hocket/Interlock. Interlocking is a common technique used in gong ensembles. Irama – is an Indonesian term for tempo Gamelan The Gamelan or Gamelan...