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A gong [note 1] is a percussion instrument originating from Southeast Asia, ... to distinguish it from the bossed gongs that give a tuned note.
The strike tone, strike note, or tap note, of a percussion instrument (e.g. bell, chime or gong) when struck, is the dominant note perceived immediately by the human ear.It is also known as the prime or fundamental note.
Gong: Brunei China Indonesia Japan Korea Malaysia Myanmar Tibet Vietnam Pitched 111.241.1 Idiophone Gong bass drum: Japan Unpitched 211.311 Membranophone Gonguê: Brazil Unpitched 111.242 Idiophone Gome: Ghana Unpitched 211.311 Membraphone Gudugudu: Yoruba Pitched 211.11 Membranophone Güira: Dominican Republic Unpitched 112.23 Idiophone Güiro ...
This is a partitioned list of percussion instruments showing their usage as tuned or untuned. See pitched percussion instrument for discussion of the differences between tuned and untuned percussion. The term pitched percussion is now preferred to the traditional term tuned percussion: Each list is alphabetical.
Gong/tam tam; Suspended cymbal; Gongs and tam-tams are easily confused with one another. A gong, generally, is a large hung cymbal with a nipple. As such, they are usually known as nipple gongs. This nipple is a small dome in the centre of the cymbal that produces a single note when struck with a soft beater.
For example, one note on a female gangsa pemadé might be tuned to 220 Hz, while the male gangsa pemadé might be tuned slightly higher to 228 Hz. Some kebyar ensembles are tuned so that the numban ensemble is tuned so that the beats are significantly faster for higher frequencies, with the lowest jegog notes nearly a quarter-tone apart. A ...
It is theorized that pelog was derived from the three note munggang scale. [2] The origin of the munggang ensembles themselves are described in Javanese myths, however the first one may have been imported to Indonesia in the first century CE, with the first ensemble constructed by the Javanese made in the 4th century.
The instrument was formerly used in nat (spirit) propitiation ceremonies, and originally consisted of 14 gongs, but a 15th gong was added in 1962, tuned to the fifth note. [2] The instrument's wooden frame is made of beechwood (Gmelina arborea), with rattan used to suspend the individual gongs. [2]