Gendhing — The gendhing (also written, as in the old orthography, gending) is a class of gendhing structures used in Javanese gamelan music. Gendhing can also used to refer to gamelan compositions in general.Gendhing is the longest and most complicated of… … Wikipedia
Merong — The merong is a section of a composition for Javanese gamelan, a musical ensemble featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs. Specifically, the merong is the initial part of a gendhing. A merong cannot be played on its own, but must be … Wikipedia
Minggah — The minggah or inggah is a section of a gendhing composition for gamelan. It follows the merong, after an ompak. It is distinguished from the previous section by the use of kempyang. In the minggah section, the kempyang and kethuk play in the… … Wikipedia
Wanyan Aguda — (完颜阿骨打; Han name 完颜旻) (1068 1123, r. 1115 1123) was the chieftain of the Jurchen (女真) Wanyan (完颜) tribe, founder and first emperor of the Jin Dynasty (金朝). He was the younger brother of Wanyan Wuyashu (完颜乌雅束) and the descendant of Wanyan Hanpu.… … Wikipedia
Kempul — A kempul is a type of hanging gong used in Indonesian gamelan. It is often placed with the gong suwukan and gong ageng, hanging on a single rack, at the back of the gamelan, and these instruments are often played by the same player with the same… … Wikipedia
Kempyang and ketuk — Ketuk redirects here, for the village in Azerbaijan, see Ağgədik. The kempyang and ketuk are two instruments in the gamelan, generally played by the same player, and sometimes played by the same player as the kenong. They are important beat… … Wikipedia
Kenong — The kenong is one of the instruments used in the Indonesian gamelan. It is technically a kind of gong, but is placed on its side and is roughly as tall as it is wide. It thus is similar to the bonang, kempyang and ketuk, which are also cradled… … Wikipedia
Cheolli Jangseong — Map showing the location of the two Cheolli Jangseong. Korean name Hangul 천리장성 … Wikipedia
Ladrang — The ladrang is one of the gendhing structures used in Javanese gamelan music.The basic colotomic structure is a cycle of 32 beats ( keteg ) in the following order:::pTpW pTpN pTpP pTpN pTpP pTpN pTpP pTpGwhere p indicates the strike of the… … Wikipedia
Sekaran — (Javanese for flowering ) is a type of elaboration used in the Javanese gamelan, especially on the bonang barung.It is similar to the cengkok of other elaborating instruments in its floridity and openness to improvisation, but a sekaran generally … Wikipedia
