Introduction

In my musical links investigation, I will be looking at the musical structure of French impressionist music and Balinese Gamelan music. I will specifically be looking at Debussy’s impressionist piece, the first movement of Estampes, called Pagodes. The Gamelan piece will be comparing it to is called Tabuh Pisan, which is an instrumental piece. Between the two musical cultures I will be investigating the links between the use of ostinato and countermelody.

Here are the links to the music videos that I used in my Analysis of the pieces:
Tabuh Pisan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRvVZ5WVKds
Pagodes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lswHSnJ0Rlw