Bonang is a set of percussion instrument that
consists small gongs that looked like bowls or pot, made from copper or bronze.
It is an instrument that comes from an ensemble of percussion called Gamelan,
originally form Indonesia. Those gongs are placed horizontally onto strings in
a wooden frame in two rows. Player that want to play bonang should have a capability
of playing it soft like playing a marimba.
If you have a basic drum skill, you
can play bonang well. Bonang is usually played with paradiddle. With using its
own mallet, hit the tip of the gong softly depends on the music requirement. You
must sit down on the ground or else, you would not be comfortable to play it.
This is the video example of a man playing a bonang.
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