Although Balinese gamelans have a variety of instrumentations (rather than the standard large gamelan of Java), according to WOM, what stylistic features are commonly found in Balinese gamelan music?
What will be an ideal response?
• "(1) strictly instrumental
• (2) characterized by changes in tempo and loudness (often abrupt), and
• (3) requiring a dazzling technical mastery by many of the musicians, who play fast interlocking rhythms, often comprising asymmetrical groupings of two or three very fast beats. . . . exploiting contrasts in the manner of Western art music."
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