Here is a great video of a lomba beleganjur (beleganjur contest) performance shot in Bali in 2005. Highly recommended for the unit on kreasi beleganjur music in Chapter 7 of World Music: Traditions and Transformations.
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New videos from Mali, West Africa (2009)
Here are a couple of great video clips to supplement Chapter 10:
Malian bala (balafon) virtuoso Issa Keita in performance:
A Dogon masked dance in Tireli, Mali:
Thanks to Eli Newberger for sending these links to me
Javanese gamelan teaching resources
Take this link to a beautifully clear photo of the University of Wisconsin’s Central Javanese gamelan. Hold cursor over any instrument and it will bring up the instrument’s name. Click on any instrument and it will link you to close-up photos and instrument descriptions. Beyond the photo, the website as a whole is excellent. A very nice resource for teaching!
http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~jjordan/gamelan/instrum-photo.html