MUSIC WAYANG KULIT

The person in charge of manipulating the figures, narrating the story, interpreting the characters, singing songs, producing sound effects, and giving cues for the gamelan.

• Dalang

• Gamelan

Who are the gamelan musicians that sits behind of the dalang?

• Niyaga

• Puppeteers

The basic melodic instrument, an idiophone instrument consisting of bronze keys and played with a wooden mallet

• Saron barung

• Gender panerus

The highest pitch in the gamelan ensemble

• Gender Panembung/Slenthem

• Gender Panerus

A two-stringed bowed instrument

• Celempung

• Rebab

A wind musical instrument made of bamboo. It is called bamboo ring flute.

• Celempung

• Suling

A two-headed drum

• Kendhang

• Kempul

A set of hanging, pitched, knobbed gongs, often made of bronze, wood, and cords used in gamelan ensemble.

• Kendhang

• Kempul

An instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet. It is known as the large gong.

• Gong

• Siyem

It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called "kettles" or "pots") placed horizontally onto strings in a wooden frame, either one or two rows wide

• Bonang

• Kenong