Gamelan

Gamelan is an original traditional musical instrument from Indonesia. It is usually used to accompany dances in court, temples or some village rituals. Gamelan has different tunes and notation from other western musical instrument. It comprises two tuning system, slendro with five intervals and pelog with seven intervals. Each gamelan is quite different from the other; however, they all have similar organization, which is based on certain instrumental groups with specific functions. The instruments in a gamelan consist of some sets of tuned bronze gong-chimes, gongs, drums, metallophones, one or more flute, bowed and string instruments, and singers. In some part of the areas in Indonesia, bronze is sometimes substituted by iron, wood, or even bamboo.