kendang (Family of two sided laced drums used in various gamelan)
~ Percussion instrument
Description
Used in many Southeast Asian countries, the body is made of woods like jackfruit or coconut, the heads of buffalo- and goat-hide.
There are 2 main groups:
- The Java/Sunda set of 3 to 4 curve sided drums with heads of different sizes.
- The Bali set of two pairs of straight sided drums, both heads same size.
Annotation
The 2 main groupings consist of:
* The conical () Java/Sunda set of 3 to 4 curve sided drums with heads of different sizes.
* The cylindrical || Bali set of two pairs of straight sided drums, both heads same size.
Actually there are 3 sets of Indonesian gamelan kendang: (other countries also have some.)
* The Java set of 4 double conical drums:
** bassdrum Kendhang gendhing or Kendhang ageng
** tenordrum Kendhang wayang
** altdrum Kendhang batangan or Kendhang ciblon
** sopranodrum Kendhang ketipung
* The Sunda set of 3 truncated cone drums:
** bassdrum Kendhang gede
** altdrum Kendhang ciblon
** sopranodrum Kendhang ketipung
* The Bali cylindrical (or slightly truncated cone) set of 2 pairs of drums:
** high pitched kendang lanang
** low pithed kendan wadon
Relationships
| from: | Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia Indonesia Jawa, Indonesia Sunda, Jawa, Indonesia |
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| subtypes: | kendang lanang (High pitched cylindrical kendang used in Bali gamelan.) kendang wadon (Low pitched cylindrical kendang used in Bali gamelan.) kendhang batangan (Middle conical kendang used in both Javanese/Sundanese gamelan) kendhang gendhing (Largest conical kendang used in both Javanese/Sundanese gamelan) kendhang indung (King-Size truncated cone kendang used in Sundanese gamelan) kendhang ketipung (Smallest conical kendang used in both Javanese/Sundanese gamelan) kendhang kulanter (Paired truncated cone kendang used in Sundanese gamelan) kendhang wayangan (Middle conical kendang used in javanese gamelan) |
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| part of: | gamelan (Indonesian traditional ensemble) |
| picture: | https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/kendang/kendang.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q1553249 [info] |
| other databases: | https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_jiten_kendang.html [info] |
