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Chapter Six: Sundanese Gamelan Degung. Degung (Gamelan Degung). Instruments Goong Jengglong Bonang Metallophones Suling degung (4-hole bamboo flute). Degung (Gamelan Degung) (cont.). Degung: klasik style each instrument plays an idiosyncratic version of florid main melody
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Degung (Gamelan Degung) • Instruments • Goong • Jengglong • Bonang • Metallophones • Suling degung (4-hole bamboo flute)
Degung (Gamelan Degung) (cont.) • Degung: klasik style • each instrument plays an idiosyncratic version of florid main melody • bonang and suling play prominent roles • stick drumming simple and austere • texture: heterophony
Degung: modern developments • gamelan salendro techniques • Texture: “layered polyphony” • Add: • Extra instruments • Singing • Hand drumming
Degung: modern developments (cont.) • Degung kawih (like panambih): songs • Pop Sunda • Degung: adaptable to the future