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Gamelan Munggang are considered among the most ancient gamelan
Gamelan

File:Javanese Gamelan.jpgA gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically






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Gamelan Munggang are considered among the most ancient gamelan
Gamelan

File:Javanese Gamelan.jpgA gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings....
s of the kraton (courts) of central Java
Central Java

Central Java is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of the six provinces of the island of Java ....
. The ensemble of instruments consists of gong agung
Gong

A gong is an East Asia and South East Asian musical instrument that takes the form of a flat metal disc which is hit with a mallet.Gongs are broadly of three types....
, kempul
Kempul

A kempul is a type of hanging gong used in Indonesian gamelan. It is often placed with the gong suwukan and gong ageng, hanging on a single rack, at the back of the gamelan, and these instruments are often played by the same player with the same mallets....
, kendang
Kendang

Kendang is a double-headed drum and one of the primary instruments used in the Gamelan ensembles of Java and Bali as well as various Kulintang ensembles in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines....
 and horizontal gong chimes tunes to three pitches. There is a repertory of several repetitive pieces, the best known permutation being high-middle-high-low.