A gambang is a metallophone-like percussive instrument of Indonesian origin, with wooden bars as opposed to the metallic ones in a Western metallophone; it forms part of a gamelan ensemble. The bars of the instrument are made of a dense wood, such as the Indonesian hardwood berlian. The bars mounted in a deep wooden case to provide resonation. A pair of mallets, made of flexible buffalo horn tipped with felt, are traditionally used to play the instrument. Generally speaking, a metallophone is any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet. ... Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ... Saron - Indonesian Embassy in Canberra A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophone(s), drums, and gongs. ... A buffalo is one of several species of bovine. ... Felt was also the name of a 1980s UK Indie band. ...
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See, Yee-Seer. (2002). Gambang, Indonesian Gamelan Main Site. Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University. Link to site, accessed Friday 10th March 2006. Northern Illinois University is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with a student enrollment of more than 25,000. ...
Evidence of a gambang type instrument, with either wood or bamboo bars, can be found in the drawings on the walls of old temples, such as in the 9th century Buddhist Borobudur monument in Central Java and the 14th century Panataran temple in East Java.
The choice of a multi-octave gambang to be incorporated into a full set of gamelan may be because of its suitability to accommodate a wider melodic range of gendhing.
The gambang is one of the two instruments that have the widest melodic range (rebab is the other); hence, the melody of gambang can encompass the full melodic range of any composition.
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