(OMMITED) Unlike western classical music competitions, where a panel of experts rates each performance, McGraw explains gamelan competitions in Bali rely mostly on audience reaction.
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Remarkably, some westernclassicalmusic has been outlawed, blocked or otherwise interfered with on its own terms.
It is tempting to contrast the formal, intellectual way that much Westernclassicalmusic expresses emotion with the mystical, organic way that we hear with Mambazo.