I have to admit that I thoroughly enjoy reading The Jakarta Post. While passing through Jakarta in early May, I picked up a copy of the Sunday Jakarta Post.
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Drummers like Pak Oseng have to know how to build tension and how to read the body of the performer so that he can successfully accompany powerful moves while adding beauty to the flower of the movement (known as bunga).Ĭontinue reading “Oseng’s brain” Neuroanthropology Defined Posted on JAuthor Paul Mason Categories general Leave a comment But it’s not always a 1:1 relationship between the sound and the movement.
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This free improvisation requires the close attention of the drummer to pre-empt moves such as punches that require to be accompanied by a loud hit of the drum. The Kendang Ibu (mother drum) sustains a steady tempo while the Kendang Anak (child drum) improvises freely in fitting with the moves of the martial artists performing.
There are two sets of drums that are used to accompany Sundanese Pencak Silat performances. He can sustain performances from 5 minutes long to a couple of hours without breaking a sweat (and that says a lot for someone who lives in the tropical climate of Indonesia). His mimetic skill at bringing a musical component to punches, kicks, grapples and holds while sustaining an entertaining rhythm would be beyond the skill of most percussionists, but to Pak Oseng it has become second nature. He matches the moves of performing martial artists with corresponding rhythm, dynamics and intensity. Oseng plays drums ( Kendang Pencak) to accompany Sundanese martial arts ( Pencak Silat) and he is one of the best around. For me, it could be a key to understanding one aspect of the relationship between music and movement in the human brain. The beauty of his skill to researchers is that it is both culturally unique and experimentally testable. His skill can inform us about mirror neurons, action and perception as well as enculturation, skill acquisition and the neuro-cultural nexus. He has a highly trained skill that demands attention, musical ability and well-developed motion perception. In my case, I want to study the brain of my Kendang Pencak teacher, Pak Oseng. I am sure that we have all wanted to sneak peak into the brain of someone we know a lover, a parent, or a colleague.
I want to know what is going on inside this guy’s brain.
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