imbal

Japanese: imbal
imbal

...In Southeast Asia in general, especially in gamelan in Java and Bali, highly technical heterophony has been developed in which instruments and voices consisting of many voices perform layered variations at various levels, and each voice is clearly distinguishable. Particularly notable among these is the technique called imbal in Java and kotekan in Bali, in which two players alternately play a single variation contrapuntal melody. The honte/kaede style ensemble form of Japanese jiuta and sokyoku can also be seen as a highly developed form of heterophony (Figure 3).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "imbal" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また東南アジア一般の合奏形態において,とりわけジャワやバリ島のガムランでは,多くの声部から成る楽器と声とがさまざまなレベルで変奏を重層的に行い,しかも各声部が明瞭に識別できるようにくふうがなされた高度に技巧的なヘテロフォニーを発達させている。その中で特に顕著なのは,ジャワでインバルimbalの技法とか,バリでコテカンkotekanと呼ばれる技法で,一つの変奏的対位旋律を2人の奏者が互い違いに弾き分ける奏法である。また日本の地歌,箏曲の本手・替手式の合奏形式も高度に発達したヘテロフォニーとみることができる(図3)。…

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