Nov 20, 2023
Daily Instrument — Bonang
The bonang is an idiophone played in the Javanese gamelan. The Bonang has one or two rows of gongs placed onto strings inside of a wooden frame. The gong in the bonang are shaped into the form of kettles, and are struck with padded sticks called tabuh. The bonang has three types in the Javanese gamelan, all varying in pitch. From highest to lowest the types are the bonang panerus, bonang barung, and bonang panembung.
