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. ...
Gamelan orchestras are common to the islands of Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok (and other Sunda Islands) in Indonesia in a wide variety of ensemble sizes and formations.
In addition, there are gamelan ensembles composed entirely of bamboo-keyed instruments, of bamboo flutes, of zithers, or of unaccompanied voices with the functions of metallophones or gongs in the metal ensemble transferred to surrogates.
Another community Balinese gamelan is Gamelan Mitra Kusuma in Washington, DC, and Gamelan Sari Raras is an active Javanese ensemble in Berkeley, California.
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