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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.
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. It uses seven tones.
Gambang is a town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located at a junction between Federal Route 2 , MEC Highway ( Federal Route 222 ) and Tun Razak Highway ( Federal Route 12 ).
Gambang may refer to: Gambang (instrument) , xylophone-like instrument used among people of Indonesia Gambang, Pahang , town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia
Based on the gamelan set discovered in 1966 at Istana Kolam, Terengganu, a set of Terengganu Malay gamelan consists of seven basic instruments: [18] [19] Keromong, also known as bonang (a set of 10 small kettle gongs) Gambang (a wooden xylophone) Saron kecil, also known as saron barung (a set of metallophones)
[19] By the twentieth century, the term kulintang had a come to denote an entire Maguindanao ensemble of five to six instruments. [ 20 ] Traditionally the Maguindanao term for the entire ensemble is basalen or palabunibunyan , the latter term meaning “an ensemble of loud instruments” or “music-making” or in this case “music-making ...
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 .
Gambang–Kuantan Highway, Federal Route 2, which is also known as Jalan Gambang and Jalan Tanah Putih, is a major highway in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. The highway connects Gambang to Kuantan. This highway overlaps with Federal Route 3 from Kuantan Airport (South) Interchange to Jalan Pekan Exit.