A gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Java and Bali, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, kendang (drums) and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included. For most Indonesians, gamelan music is an integral part of Indonesian culture. The term refers more to the set of instruments than to the players of those instruments. A gamelan is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together – instruments from different gamelan are generally not interchangeable.
The percussion instruments of a central Javanese gamelan ensemble:
- Metallophones, such as the saron, gendér, gangsa, and ugal (sets of metals bars laid out in a single row and struck like a glockenspiel)
- Cradled gong chimes called bonang and kenong (sets of large, drum-shaped gongs laid out horizontally on stands)
- Hanging gongs called kempul and the large gong ageng
- Xylophone-like instruments called gambang (similar to saron and gendér but with wooden bars instead of metal ones)
- Drums called kendhang
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