A gambang, properly called a gambang kayu ('wooden gambang') is a xylophone-like instrument used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang ensembles. It has wooden bars (wilah) in contrast to the metallic ones of the more typical metallophones in a gamelan. A largely obsolete instrument, the gambang gangsa, is a similar instrument made with metal bars.

Celebrated gamelan artist Mas Midiyanto visited MIM to play the instruments on display at our Indonesia Gamelan exhibit, including this gambang (xylophone) d...

Gambang may refer to: Gambang (instrument), xylophone-like instrument used among people of Indonesia; Gambang, Pahang, town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia

The gambang is a xylophone with 20 nearly rectangular wooden keys (wilah) made from a straight-grained hardwood. The keys are graduated in size and arranged in a horizontal plane from the longest, widest and thinnest one at one end to the shortest, narrowest, and thickest one at the other end.

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. Because of this fact and the elaborate and high speed of the gambang playing style, this instrument is considered one of the important instruments in the gamelan ...

The gamelan gambang is a type of gamelan ensemble in Bali which uses four gambangs, a wooden xylophone-like instrument (as opposed to most gamelan instruments, which are made of bronze), as well as two sarons. It is considered an ancient and sacred ensemble, and is used for temple and funeral rites.

Gambang adalah alat musik gamelan terbuat dari bilah-bilah kayu maupun bambu, biasanya terdiri dari 17 hingga 21 bilah yang dimainkan dengan alat pukul. Gambang dapat menjangkau dua oktaf nada atau bahkan lebih. Gambang digunakan untuk memperindah gendhing serta digunakan sebagai pembuka suatu penampilan tertentu. [1]

“Gambang” is the generic term for multi-octave gamelan tuned-bar instruments (xylophones and metallophones), the keys of which are arranged in a scalar fashion over a shared trough-like resonating space. The bars on a gambang are usually sounded with two beaters, one

The gambang part is made up of cengkok, which might be generally described as melodic patterns or phrases used to create musical parts for voices or instruments in Central

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