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In music hocket is the rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. This is opposed to the alternation of phrases, or antiphony. The phrase originated from its use to describe medieval French motets but is commonly used in contemporary music ( Louis Andriessen's Hoketus ), popular music ( funk, stereo panning), Indonesian gamelan music (interlocking patterns shared between two instrumentsA musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that somehow produces sound can serve as a musical instrument, but the expression is reserved generally to items that have that -- called imbal in JavaJava ( Indonesian: Jawa , area 132,000 square km, has 114 million inhabitants and is the most densely populated island in Indonesia, with 864 people per km˛. If it were a country it would be the second most densely populated country of the world, except f and KotekanKotekan is a style of playing fast interlocking parts found in Gamelan music from Bali, Indonesia. The parts may be a simple hocket called nyog cag in which two performers alternate playing notes, or more complicated rhythmical patterns played by two or m in BaliThis article is about Bali, the Indonesian island. For other uses of Bali, see Bali (disambiguation). Bali is an Indonesian island. It is located in a chain with Java to the west and Lombok to the east. The island is a popular tourist destination and know), AndeanAndean music comes from the approximate area inhabited by the Incas prior to European contact. It includes the countries Chile, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia. Wind and percussion instruments are known to have existed even prior to the Incas, but mu pan pipe music (the pipes sharing the full number of pitches between them), and many African cultures such as the Ba-Benzélé (featured on Herbie HancockHerbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hancock is one of jazz music's most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting fre's Watermelan Man , see Pygmy musicThe Pygmies are a broad group of people who live in Central Africa, especially in Congo, Central African Republic and Cameroon. Music is an important part of Pygmy life, and casual performances take place during many of the day's events. Music comes in ma), Mbuti, Basarwa (Khoisan), and Gogo (Tanzania).Source for all examples except Andriessen
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