Copyright 2020 Danker Schaareman i THE GAMELAN SELUNDING OF ASAK, KARANGASEM, BALI CONTENTS THE GAMELAN SELUNDING OF ASAK, KARANGASEM, BALI 1 ABSTRACT 1 FOREWORD 2 THE RITUAL CONTEXT OF THE GAMELAN SELUNDING OF ASAK 4 INTRODUCTION 4 THE SETTING 7 SUMMARY NOTES ON THE LITERATURE ABOUT SELUNDING 11 THE SELUNDING MUSIC 12 THE INSTRUMENTS 12 TONALITY, NOTATION AND REPERTOIRE 16 REPERTOIRE AND RITUAL USE 18 CONCLUDING REMARKS 23 MUSIC EXAMPLES 26 REFERENCES 31 List of Figures Figure 1. Selunding Ensemble at Besakih Temple (photo courtesy Pino Confessa) 2