Mode in Javanese Music: MIS Sea#79 Volume 79

By Susan Pratt Walton

One of the most controversial aspects of Javanese gamelan music is its musical mode, pathet . From her experience as a performer of sindhenan , or female singing, Walton analyses the melodies and defines the basic laws of mode for sindhenan . She explains more convincingly than previous authors how two systems of mode operate simultaneously in gamelan music to enhance its aesthetic appeal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896801446
• ISBN13: 9780896801448
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"