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Gamelan Music (Instruments (Decorating Instruments (Bonang - small knobbed…
Gamelan Music
Instruments
Decorating Instruments
Bonang - small knobbed gong chimes, played with padded sticks
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Suling - flute like instrument, frequently used
Celempung - zither, strings plucked with thumbnails
Rebab - bowed string instrument, sometimes plays a variation of the melody
Gender - bronze keys with wooden or bamboo resonator, struck with disc-like mallet
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Balungan Instruments
Saron - a metallophone, plays the melodic theme, bronze keys struck with a wooden, hammer-shaped mallet
Rhythm Instruments
Kendang and Ketipung (smaller) - drums that keep the tempo and rhythm, played with hands
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Characteristics
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It is based on a nuclear theme which is played by the melody instruments. The texture of the music is usually heterophonic. It is always played as a whole, without emphasis on certain players
Scales
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Pelog - 7 notes evenly spread within an octave, 5 notes are chosen
Rhythmic Cycle
Called gongan, marked by interpunctuating instruments (gongs), consist of four beat groups called keteg