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Most instruments in kebyar are keyed metallophones, with bronze keys resting on suspended chords, over bamboo resonators. The instruments often have ornately carved wooden frames. The gangsa section in gamelan gong kebyar is the largest section, consisting of 13-14 players. Gangsa instruments are played with a mallet, called a panggul gangsa ...
The ugal features mainly in gamelan gong kebyar, where it carries the central melody (pokok) of the piece. Sometimes it may give its melodic duty to the jublag, where it then takes over as the leader of a kotekan. There is often only one ugal in the kebyar ensemble, and it is usually deeper toned. It is played by one of the leaders of the ensemble.
Gamelan and kecak are also used in the soundtrack to the video games Secret of Mana, Sonic Unleashed, and Hotline Miami 2. The two opening credits of 1998 Japanese Anime Neo Ranga use Balinese music (Kecak and Gamelan gong kebyar). Each "waking up" of Ranga in the anime uses the Gong Kebyar theme.
Selisir is the most often encountered, being the tuning of the popular Gamelan gong kebyar, and may be considered the "default" pelog scale. Two other modes, baro and lebeng, are known from gambuh and semar pegulingan, but are rarely used and more loosely defined. [6]
In Gamelan gong kebyar, Kotekan is usually played on the higher-pitched gangsa and reyong as embellishment to the main melody played on the calung and ugal. The busy upper registers of the gamelan are the domain of the gangsas and reyong. These instruments spin out kotekan, the crackling ornamental fireworks of Balinese music. Kotekan is ...
Gamelan angklung [1] Gamelan batel; Gamelan bebonangan; Gamelan beleganjur; Gamelan gambang; Gamelan gambuh; Gamelan gandrung; Gamelan gender wayang; Gamelan gong gede; Gamelan gong kebyar; Gamelan gong luang; Gamelan gong saron; Gamelan gong suling; Gamelan jegog; Gamelan joged bumbung; Gamelan pearjaan; Gamelan pelegongan; Gamelan selunding ...
The reyong (also spelled reong) is a musical instrument used in Balinese gamelan. It consists of a long row of metal gongs suspended on a frame. In gamelan gong kebyar, it is played by four players at once, each with two mallets. Often the individual pots can be removed from the frame and played individually as bonang in beleganjur.
Javanese and Balinese gong kebyar: Traditional University of Hawaiʻi Gamelan Ensemble. The ensemble has also begun performing kecak [3] Illinois: Chicago: Chicago Balinese Gamelan (CBG) Balinese gong kebyar: Traditional music and dance Community ensemble, founded 2017. Friends of the Gamelan (FROG)