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Gamelan

Generic term for instrumental ensembles found in Indonesia. The actual elements and skills employed to make 'Gamelan' music can be very usefully employed in the classroom.

Graphic Score

A method of notating, often pictorially but not invariable so, compositions using 20 techniques and including pupils work which does not lend itself to being written down using conventional staff notation. It is important that this is not seen as a 'simple' way of notating before going on to the 'real' thing, but as an acceptable and equally important alternative.

Gregorian Chant

A type of plainchant introduced at the time of Gregory the Great in the 7. Plainchant is the monophonic or single line music of Christian worship, especially that of the Roman Church.