Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.

Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.

Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.

Tracks 9 and 10 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. English sacred music of the late Middle Ages from Amon Ra album 'Worcester Fragments' performed by The Orlando Consort (1'32") (1'37") Main features: early church music, ostinato, drone. These two extracts are sung by unaccompanied male voices. The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on the titles of the extracts, vocal texture, description of texture and the lowest part.

Video footage from 1980 hit featuring distinctive guitar riff which has been sampled many times since, Eminem also uses the bassline on his track 'My Name Is'

Excellent example of descriptive music and use of ostinato.

Live backing sequencer to support a composition or improvisation based on Track 02 Amanecer Andino (Andean Dawn) from Saydisc Percussion Around the World. (Also Track 01 of Saydisc Listen to This! KS3.) In the original recording there's a free slow introduction followed by a faster section based on C and Am chords, but with this tool users can decide their own structure.

KS2/3 idea - students can use this tool to provide an accompaniment while one student performs live their own version of a characteristic pentatonic melody on a separate instrument. Students can also use this tool for support as they play along and learn the ostinato drum and guitar parts.

This Mix and Match resource is one of a range of resources relating to track 05 Rasti Bore of the Saydisc 'Listen To This, KS3' world music recordings. Or it could be used in conjunction with any piece that uses a drone.

The 3 excerpts in the top row all play drones (on different notes). The 3 excerpts in the bottom row all play melodies (in different keys). The task is to match each drone to the melody it fits with best. Users are encouraged to sing the drone note as they test it against the different melodies.