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2 unusual facts about Gamelan degung


Gamelan degung

Saron/peking: a high-pitched bronze metallophone with fourteen keys.

Panerus: another bronze metallophone, similar to the peking but pitched an octave lower.


Kacapi

Kacapi is a zither-like Sundanese musical instrument played as the main accompanying instrument in the Tembang Sunda or Mamaos Cianjuran, kacapi suling (tembang Sunda without vocal accompaniment) genre (called kecapi seruling in Indonesian), pantun stories recitation or an additional instrument in Gamelan Degung performance.


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