idea of turning earthenware into musical instruments has not been the result of a chance discovery but, rather, of a creative process of experimentation that started with an inspiration in the 1970s. The idea was then tried out by creating a set of ceramic gamelan or traditional Javanese musical instruments dubbed Swara Gerabah (The Sound of Pottery) in 2002. The experiment was conducted in the…
Students' final paper generally has a page containing a preface which, in terms of form and content, comprises an intact piece of discourse written with a narrative style. The number of paragraphs is in accordance with the contents and messages the writer delivers to the reader. The paragraphs are designed to contain what the writer wishes to express to certain respective parties: praises to Go…
he human voice is a musical instrument man already has at birth so it is no wonder that singing is an activity starting early in life. It is an activity considered common for even "public figures" to do. The activity of singing will sound unpleasing when there is inaccuracy in responding to music. Singing should be a good way for the singer to communicate with the listener. So attention should …
Indonesian can be regarded as the most complete plural country in the world instead of America. In America, it is known a slogan says et pluribus unum, which is similar with bhineka tunggal ika, meaning many for one essence. The last development shows culture varieties constituting the sources of nation conflict. The multidimensional crisis Indonesian nations face has not been over yet.lt requi…
What is here termed wimba refers to a concrete form of an image-that can be perceived by the sense of sight and the sense of touch. It is hoped that visualization through a picture which can be seen and touched will cause a communication to occur between the creator of art and the connoisseur of art. The topic of art evaluation in this article focuses on visual language which covers three princ…
This article is based on a research study focussing on correspondence among Proto Malay Polynesian (PMP, for short), the Yogyakarta Javanese dialect, and Indonesian. The research employed a top-down reconstruction analysis. The results of the analysis have indicated that PMP is reflected in the Yogyakarta Javanese dialect with the retention of the vowels/a/, /i/, /u/, and /e/ and the consona…