A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used mainly in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music in Indonesia. In Balinese gong kebyar styles, there are two types of gangsa typically used: the smaller, higher pitched kantilan and the larger pemade.
The gangsa is a two-octave metallophone with ten rectangular-shaped keys (don) suspended by rope and posts over tuned tube resonators (tiying or bumbung). The keys of this gangsa are made from bronze ( krawang ).
GANGSA(Flat Gong) Hornbostel-Sachs Classification: IdiophoneMaterial: Bronze, Brass, or Iron. Sorry for any mistakes. English is not my native language. I'm ...
2021年8月11日 · Gangsa is a flat gong that is played in an ensemble of two or more gongs of varying sizes. In Kalinga, that gangsa is played in a group of six. Each player strikes the surface of the gong with a beater (pattung style) or with their bare palms (topayya style) in an interlocking way manners that creates a resultant melody.
2016年10月3日 · Gangsa is a single hand-held smooth-surfaced gong with a narrow rim. A set of gangsa, which is played one gong per musician, consists of gangsa tuned to different notes, depending on regional or local cultural preferences.
The gambang gangsa of the gamelan sléndro K.K. Surak. An archaic metallophone with between 16 and 19 bronze bars of graduated length resting on top of a trough-like wooden casing that serves as a resonator.
A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used mainly in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music in Indonesia. In Balinese gong kebyar styles, there are two types of gangsa typically used: the smaller, higher pitched kantilan and the larger pemade.