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Developed. Indonesia. The bonang is an Indonesian musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan. [ 1] It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called "kettles" or "pots") placed horizontally onto strings in a wooden frame ( rancak ), either one or two rows wide. All of the kettles have a central boss, but around it the lower-pitched ones ...
Kenong. The Kenong is a musical instrument of Indonesia used in the gamelan. [ 1][ 2] It is a kind of gong and is placed on its side. It has the same length and width. Thus, it is similar to the bonang, kempyang, and ketuk, which are also cradled gongs. Kenongs are generally much larger than the aforementioned instruments.
The music in Indonesia predates historical records, various Native Indonesian tribes often incorporate chants and songs accompanied with musical instruments in their rituals. The contemporary music of Indonesia today is also popular amongst neighbouring countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
Suling, transverse bamboo flute, Papua, New Guinea. The word suling describes mostly lengthways flutes but also some transverse flutes made of bamboo. The suling ( Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮜᮤᮀ) is a musical instrument of the Sundanese people in Indonesia. It is used in the Degung ensemble.
Angklung arumba is a musical ensemble of various musical instruments made of bamboo. Angklung arumba was born around the 1960s in West Java, Indonesia, and is now a typical West Javanese musical instrument. In 1964, Yoes Roesadi and his friends formed a musical group that specifically added angklung to its ensemble line.
Kacapi indung or kacapi parahu, with 18 strings. The kacapi is a traditional zither of Sundanese people in Indonesia. This musical instrument is similar to Chinese guzheng, Japanese koto, the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum, the Vietnamese đàn tranh and the Kazakh jetigen.
Sasando. Sasando featured in 5,000-rupiah banknote. The sasando, also called sasandu from Sandu or Sanu, [ 1] is a tube zither, a harp -like traditional music string instrument native to Rote Island of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia . The name sasando is derived from the Rote dialect word ”sasandu”, which means "vibrating" or "sounded ...
Kepyak. The Kepyak is a percussion instrument played by the dalang (puppeteer) of a wayang performance in Java, Indonesia. It is a struck idiophone consisting of several bronze or iron plates attached by strings (in Surakarta) or a single plate (in Yogyakarta ), which the dalang plays with a small mallet held between the toes of his right foot.