Gamelan Definition

gămə-lăn
noun
A musical ensemble of Indonesia, consisting of wind, string, and percussion instruments, as flute, lute, gongs, drums, and bamboo xylophones.
Webster's New World

The name of the ensemble performing this style of music.

Wiktionary

Origin of Gamelan

  • Javanese from Old Javanese gamĕlan percussion instrument, ensemble of percussion instruments from gamĕl to play a percussion instrument

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Malay gamelan, from Javanese gamelan.

    From Wiktionary

Gamelan Sentence Examples

  • At California Institute of the Arts he studied ethnomusicology (Ewe drumming (Ghana ), Balinese gamelan & south Indian tala ).

  • Trainees have the opportunity to develop traditional techniques, and to use the gamelan as a stimulus for composition.

  • Specific examples of tuned percussion instruments include a gamelan with iron keys dating from the 19th century.

  • On " Ponderosa " he mixes gamelan and Special Brew.

  • Small groups were given the chance to get up close to a Javanese gamelan.

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GGAGAM

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NANLAN

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