How is a gendhing named?
What will be an ideal response?
• Javanese gendhing normally have three parts to their titles, the formal structure, the melody, and the scale system.
• Bubaran refers to the formal structure of the piece; in this case, bubaran means sixteen beats per major phrase, four kenong beats per major phrase. (The kenong is the largest of the kettle gongs.) "Kembang Pacar" (a kind of red flower) is the name of a particular melody.
• Pélog is the scale system used in the modal category of pathet nem.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Why did Islam become the dominant faith of West Africa?
a. West Africans felt that Islam offered greater freedoms than Christianity did. b. Muslims forced most West African women into marriage. c. Muslims gradually came to dominate trans-Saharan trade routes, and their faith followed. d. West Africans believed that Islam would give them access to Paradise.