Discuss the general structure of a Javanese gamelan composition (gendhing) in performance, including major phrase units, main melody, punctuation, subdividing the beat, coinciding, and melodic elaboration
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• The major phrase is the basic time and melodic unit. It is marked off by the sound of a large gong and measured in beats of the main melody.
• The gamelan texture is filled in with layers of punctuating patterns that subdivide the beat in various ways, interlock with each other, and sometimes coincide with each other.
• The basic melody is frequently elaborated by different instruments simultaneously playing variations of the basic melody at different tempi.
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