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- Dictionarygam·e·lan/ˈɡaməˌlan/
noun
- 1. a traditional instrumental ensemble of Indonesia, typically including many bronze percussion instruments.
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Gamelan (,) is the traditional ensemble music of the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. The most common instruments used are metallophones (played with mallets) and a set of hand-drums called kendang, which keep the beat. The kemanak, a banana-shaped idiophone, and the gangsa, another metallophone, are also commonly used gamelan... Wikipedia