Panambih is metrical sung poetry and more modern version of the Tembang sunda of Indonesia. Metre or meter (US) is the measurement of a musical line into measures of stressed and unstressed beats, indicated in Western music notation by a symbol called a time signature. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... See also Music of Indonesia Tembang sunda, also called seni mamaos cianjuran is a style of classical vocal music that originated in the Sunda province of highland west Java. ...
For example, many panambih have been adapted from songs accompanied by Sundanese gamelan an ensemble dominated by gongs and metallophones.
The accompanying ensemble consists of the kacapi indung (a large eighteen-string zither), one or two kacapi rincik (a smaller fifteen-string zither), suling (bamboo flute), and occasionally a rebab (two-string bowed lute).
The accompanying ensemble for panambih include kacapi indung, suling, and one or two kacapi rincik (small zither).