A typical large, "double" gamelan in contemporary Solo (Surakarta) will include, in the sléndro set, one saron panerus (or saron peking), two saron barang (music), one or two saron demung, one gender 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 and kempyang, one set of three to five kenong, one set of three to five kempul, one to three gong suwukan, and one gong ageng. Saron - Indonesian Embassy in Canberra A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophone(s), drums, and gongs. ... The city of Solo, formally known as Surakarta, 65 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Yogyakarta and slightly further southeast of Semarang in Java, Indonesia, was a center of power during the Mataram Kingdom. ... Slendro (called salendro by the Sundanese) is a pentatonic (five tone) scale, one of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music. ... Saron may mean: a town in South Africa: see Saron a mythical king who gave his name to the Saronic Gulf a biblical name also written as Sharon A gamelan instrument consisting of a set of metal bars laid out in a single row and struck like a glockenspiel This... In a variety of different contexts, gender refers to the masculinity or femininity of words, persons, characteristics, or non-human organisms. ... A Gamelan Gadhon is an ensemble consisting of the soft instruments of the Javanese gamelan. ... Primitive drums are known as Tam Tams or slit drums. ... The rebab is a musical string instrument which was heavily used in old Arabic music its considered as part of the Lute familiy (Oud in Arabic). ... Suling Suling is an Indonesian flute made out of bamboo used in gamelan ensembles. ... A kempul is an Indonesian musical instrument. ...

The complementary set of pelog instruments will include two each of gender panerus, gender barung, gambang and site or celempung, the first of each pair tuned to the pelog bem subset of five tones (tones 1,2,3,5,6), the second to the pelog barang subset of five tones (2,3,5,6,7). The pelog bonang will each have fourteen gongs. Pelog is one of the two essential scales of gamelan music native to Bali and Java, in Indonesia. ...

The slendro and pelog gamelan will usually share the drums (kendang), including one each of ketipung, kendang ageng (or kendang gendhing), ciblon, kendang wayangan, and, in the largest gamelan, a large hanging drum, the bedug. Archaic ensembles may still include such instruments as the gambang gangsa, slentho (in place of slenthem), bonang panembung. A typical performance ensemble includes a female vocal solist (pesinden) and male chorus (gerongan); in certain passages, the singers clap rhythmically. For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

Comparison to Gamelan Yogyakarta

In Yogyakarta, there is a tendency to have more sarons of each register and it is more likely that the bonang panembung will be present. An archaic instrument, the celuring, a set of struck bells is found only on a few gamelan in the Yogyakarta Kraton and is played in place of the saron panerus. The Solonese style is often considered more refined (or "alus") than Yogyanese style. One specific difference is in saron peking playing; although the pattern it plays for the balungan is often the same, in the Yogyanese style it is rhythmically shifted earlier, creating a different emphasis in relation to the balungan. Yogyakarta, Indonesia Yogyakarta (also Jogjakarta or Jogja) is a city and province on the island of Java, Indonesia. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...