World Music

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World Music

• The
• Javanese Gamelan

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Four Instruments of the Javanese Gamelan
(percussion orchestra)

• Gender
• Kendang
• Gong Ageng
• Bonang

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The Gender

• The gender is an Indonesian instrument similar to
  the xylophone and uses a row of tuned bronze
  bars.
• It is used to decorate the tune in gamelan
  music.
• The bronze bars are played with two mallets and
  the sound is stopped by pressing the little
  finger or heel of the hand on the bars.

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The Kendang

• The Kendang is a double headed barrel drum from
  Indonesia.
• The Kendang player is the director of the
  Gamelan.
• Gamelan music often changes speed, so the Kendang
  player signals the tempo, style and starting and
  finishing points of the different sections of
  music to the rest of the orchestra.

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The Gong Ageng

• There are three different gongs in the Gamelan.
• The Suwakan, the Kempul and the Gong Ageng
• They are suspended from a decorated, carved
  wooden frame.
• The deepest sounding gong is called the Gong Ageng

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The Bonang

• The Bonangs, or gong chimes, are important
  instruments of the traditional Gamelan.
• The Bonang is played with two wooden beaters.
• The Bonang does not usually play the main tune
  instead it plays patterns of quick notes that
  decorate the melody.