Gamelan degung

Gamelan degung is a form of Sundanese musical ensemble that uses a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of degung scale. The instruments are manufactured under local

Instruments#

The instrumentation of gamelan degung is quite flexible. It may include: * bonang/kolènang: two rows of seven small bulbous gongs. It differs from its Javanese counterpart in that the rows are each placed on either side of the player. * saron/peking: a high-pitched bronze metallophone with fourteen keys. Usually, there are two sarons in a single set. * panerus: another bronze metallophone, similar to the peking but pitched an octave lower. * jengglong: six bulbous gongs suspended from the same frame. Could be played like bonang, or hanged. * goong ageung: a large gong. * pancer: a smaller gong, secondary gong. * A set of kendang, consisting of one large (kendang indung) and two small double-sided drums (kulantér). * suling degung: a four-holed bamboo flute. * suling kawih: a six-holed bamboo flute, interchangeably used with suling degung * gambang: a wooden xylophone. * kacapi: a zither. In classical degung, the bonang serves as a conductor for the whole ensemble. Except in certain modern compositions, it is rarely absent.

Gallery#

File:Closeup of a gong from gamelan degung.jpg Closeup of a bonang from gamelan degung Image:Gamelandegung.jpg Sundanese gamelan degung Image:Diajar gamelan degung.jpg Sundanese students playing gamelan degung on the street File: Gamelan indra swara.jpg Gamelan degung performed by Indra Swara in Mexico File:Gamelan indra swara mexico.jpg Gamelan degung instruments File:Gamelan degung barudak grupo Indra Swara Mexico.jpg Bonang

Genre family: Gamelan ensembles and genres, Sundanese music