Characterize the gamelan music repertory used in shadow puppet shows

What will be an ideal response?

• Pieces with "dense kenong [largest set of kettle gongs] and kempul [smallest hanging gong] playing and gongan [basic gamelan phrase] of varying length--pieces that generate a level of excitement, partly because of the dense gong punctuation."

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a. using brass instruments only. b. mixing classical and folk music. c. ending each movement abruptly. d. ignoring the principles of tonality.

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What aspect of Praxiteles's statue of Aphrodite of Knidos caused controversy in its day?

A. Style B. Material C. Nudity D. Gesture

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