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Name: Bonang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonang) an instrument that is used in Javanese gamelan.
A type of idiophone.
*Wikidata item: *Q892076 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q892076)
External links:
http://www.instrumentsoftheworld.com/instrument/14-Bonang.html
https://omeka1.grinnell.edu/MusicalInstruments/items/show/89
Disambiguation: a collection of small gongs placed onto strings in a wooden frame
There are 3 types of bonang:
- Bonang panerus
- Highest pitch
- Uses the smallest gongs
- Normally covers two octaves
- Plays the fastest rhythms of the bonang
- Bonang barung
- One octave below the bonang panerus
- Normally covers two octaves
- One of the most important instruments in the ensemble because it gives cues for other players
- Bonang panembung
- Lowest pitch
- Mmore common in Yogyvanese style gamelan
*Description: *Higher pitched gongs have an arched head and lower pitched gongs have a flattened head. It is hit with two tabuh (padded stick) and is typically made out of bronze.