A small, horizontally-suspended bronze gong with turned-back rim and a raised central boss which is struck with a thinly-padded stick beater. Produces a dull middle-register pitch. Gamelans have a single kethuk.
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The Gamelans of the Kraton Yogyakarta
by Roger Vetter, Grinnell College Department of Music
A small, horizontally-suspended bronze gong with turned-back rim and a raised central boss which is struck with a thinly-padded stick beater. Produces a dull middle-register pitch. Gamelans have a single kethuk.
