Traditional Musical

Traditional Musical

1. Demung

Demung is one of gamelan instruments that belong to the family of the balungan.

In one set of gamelan usually there are 2 versions, both have demung pelog and slendro. Demung produces a tone with the lowest Octave in the balungan, with largerphysical size. Demung has a relatively wilahan thinner but wider than the wilahan Sharon, so it produces a lower tone. Tabuh demung usually made of wood, with a shape like a hammer, larger and heavier than tabuh saron.

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2. Gamelan

Gamelan is a musical ensemble which usually emphasise metallophones, xylophone,drums, and gongs. The term refers to gamelan instrument/tool, which is a unified whole that embodied and performed together. The word itself comes from the Gamelan Javanese gamel which means playing the hit/, followed by the suffix's which makes it a noun. There are a plethora of gamelan in Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok in Indonesia in various types of ensemble size and shape.

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3. Gendang

Drum or kendhang is Javanese gamelan instruments in Central and West Java which is one of its main functions set the rhythm. This instrument is tuned by hand, without tools. A small drum called a types of ketipung, kendang are called intermediate ciblon/chebar.

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