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The saron barung and demung usually play less often and more simple parts. These are the usual techniques for playing them: Mbalung: playing the balungan melody as notated, without elaboration; Tabuhan pinjalan: playing an interlocking pinjalan pattern between the saron barung, demung, and slenthem, which fills in the offbeats of the balungan
Saron kecil, also known as saron barung (a set of metallophones) Saron besar, also known as saron demung (another set of metallophones, slightly bigger than saron kecil) Kenong (a set of 5 large kettle gongs) A pair of hanging gongs, which are gong kecil and gong besar; Gendang (a barrel drum)
A typical large, double gamelan in contemporary solo will include, in the sléndro set, one saron panerus (or saron peking), two saron barung, one or two saron demung, one gendér panerus, one gender barung, one slenthem (or "gender panembung"), one bonang panerus and one bonang barung (each with twelve gongs), one gambang kayu, one siter or celempung, one rebab, one suling, one pair of kethuk ...
2 Sets Saron Demung (Demung) 4 Sets Saron Barung (Saron/Saron Ricik) 2 Sets Saron Peking ... namely the game of drums (Semaradana, Bumbung Gebyog, Adi Merdangga ...
Gamelan degung is a form of Sundanese musical ensemble that uses a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of degung scale. The instruments are manufactured under local conditions in towns in West Java such as Bogor and Bandung. [1]
Bonang barung is pitched one octave below the bonang panerus, and also generally covers two octaves, approximately the same range as the demung and saron combined. This is one of the most important instruments in the ensemble, as it gives many of the cues to other players in the gamelan. Bonang panembung is pitched the lowest.
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Imbal (Javanese for 'to repeat') [1] or imbalan (imbal-imbalan, demung imbal) is a technique used in Indonesian Javanese gamelan. It refers to a rapid alternation of a melodic line between instruments, in a way similar to hocket in medieval music or kotekan in Balinese gamelan. "A style of playing in which two identical or similar instruments ...