| Term | Definition |
|---|
| rebab | two-stringed vertical spike fiddle |
| gambang | wooden xylophone with a box resonator, soft and delicate sound, played with 2 flexible mallets in parallel octaves |
| suling | notched bamboo flute played like a recorder |
| kendang | Double-headed drum, provides link between dancer and music |
| instruments of gamelan | -Rebab; -Gambang; -Suling; -Kendang; -Peking; -Barung; -Demung; -Gongs |
| gamelan | an ensemble of instruments such as those found in the central javanese courts. |
| laras | Javanese tuning system; Two primary types: Slendro (pentatonic) and Pelog (heptatonic) |
| colotomic structure | The marking of fixed beats within the metric structure of a musical piece by particular instruments; in gamelan music these include gong, kenong, kempul, and ketuk |
| gongan | a musical phrase punctuated by the largest of gamelan's gongs. |
| bubaran | Gamelan pieces based on a sixteen-beat colotomy, subdivided in a specific manner. |
| gamelan gambuh | an archaic type of balinese court opera and its accompanying orchestra |
| gamelan gong gede | Older Balinese court music, used for court and temple rituals, similar in sound and style to the Javanese Gamelan. |
| gamelan semar pegunligan | large, balinese court orchestra that plays instrumental versions of gamelan gambuh melodies |
| gender wayang | four piece ensemble of genders that typically accompanies the balinese shadow play |
| gamelan gong kebyar | The most vibrant of the new styles. It is a result of the reshaping of the gamelan gong gede |
| kotekan | virtuosic interlocking patterns |
| trompong | important lead instrument of gamelan gong gede |
| gamelan angklung | balinese gamelan featuring pitched bamboo rattles (angklung) as the lead melody instruments. |
| kecak | a type of dance drama accompanied by a large male chorus that chants rhythmically. |
| barong | 1) a mythical lionlike creature in balinese sacred dramas; 2) a trance dance ritual adopted for performances for tourists. |
| gambus | a type of islamic song having arabic influence; the name of the plucked lute used to accompany this song. |
| dangdut | a type of popular indonesian song often having morally edifying lyrics with an islamic orientation and revealing strong musical influence from hindi films songs. |
| kroncong | a type of popular indonesian music originating from portuguese derived sources. |
| jaipongan | a type of Sundanese popular music that has gained popularity in other parts of Indonesia. |
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