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Look up: Gamelan

  1. Gamelan
    Musical ensemble of Java or Bali, usually made up of gongs, chimes, metallophones and drums.
    Found on http://www.cbso.co.uk/?page=concerts/glo

  2. gamelan
    Javanese orchestra Category: Management in the public and private sector
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. gamelan
    noun a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  4. Gamelan
    A `gamelan` is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. The term refers more to the set of instruments than the players of those instruments. A gamelan as a set of instruments is a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together ` instruments from different gamelan are not...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan

  5. gamelan
    the indigenous orchestra type of Java and Bali, consisting largely of several varieties of gongs and various sets of tuned metal instruments that are ... [12 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/6

  6. Gamelan
    A gamelan is a type of percussion orchestra common in the East Indies.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  7. gamelan
    Percussion ensemble of 15 to 20 players using mainly tuned knobbed gongs and keyed metallophones found in Indonesia (especially Java and Bali) and Malaysia. Most modern gamelan are tuned to a five-note or seven-note system. Gamelan music is performed as an accompaniment for dance and theatre
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency


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