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  2. Gamelan gambang - Wikipedia

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    The gamelan gambang is a type of gamelan ensemble in Bali which uses four gambangs, a wooden xylophone-like instrument (as opposed to most gamelan instruments, which are made of bronze), as well as two sarons. It is considered an ancient and sacred ensemble, and is used for temple and funeral rites.

  3. Gambang (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    A gambang, properly called a gambang kayu ('wooden gambang') is a xylophone-like instrument used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang ensembles. It has wooden bars (wilah) in contrast to the metallic ones of the more typical metallophones in a gamelan. A largely obsolete instrument, the gambang gangsa, is a similar instrument made with metal bars.

  4. Gambang - Wikipedia

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    Gambang may refer to: Gambang (instrument) , xylophone-like instrument used among people of Indonesia Gambang, Pahang , town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia

  5. Gamelan - Wikipedia

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    Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (2007) by Benjamin Brinner, Oxford University Press, New York, ISBN 0-19-514737-5 (paper) Music in Java: History Its Theory and Its Technique (1949/1973) edited by Jaap Kunst, ISBN 90-247-1519-9. An appendix of this book includes some statistical data on intervals in scales used by ...

  6. Gambang kromong - Wikipedia

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    Gambang kromong is a traditional orchestra of Betawi people which is a blend of gamelan, Western music and Chinese-style pentatonic base tones. Gambang kromong is closely associated with the Chinese Betawi community, especially the Chinese Peranakan .

  7. Kompang - Wikipedia

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    The history of Kompang cannot be separated from the history of the gamelan, which is a unified musical instrument created on the island of Java for centuries. Kompang was originally created by the people of Ponorogo , who at that time still adhered to the beliefs of Animism and Kejawen , until finally the teachings of Hinduism and Buddhism entered.

  8. Pelog - Wikipedia

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    The remaining two notes, including 4 in every pathet, are available for embellishments on most instruments, but they do not usually appear on gendér, gambang, or interpunctuating instruments. The notes of the pelog scale can be designated in different ways; In Central Java, one common way is the use of numbers (often called by their names in ...

  9. Music of Java - Wikipedia

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    The Music of Java embraces a wide variety of styles, both traditional and contemporary, reflecting the diversity of the island and its lengthy history.Apart from traditional forms that maintain connections to musical styles many centuries old, there are also many unique styles and conventions which combine elements from many other regional influences, including those of neighbouring Asian ...