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Chau gong
A gong
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gong hangend in een standaard onderdeel van gamelan Semar Pagulingan TMnr 1340-13
A Javanese/Balinese type of gong

A gong is an East and Southeast Asian musical percussion instrument. It is a bowl-shaped, circular metal disc which a person hits with a mallet or thick padded stick.

Gongs produce two distinct types of sound. A gong with a flat surface gives a "crash" rather than a tuned note. In Indonesian gamelan ensembles, some gongs are made to give a beat note in the range from about 1 to 5 Hz. The use of the term "gong" for both these types of instrument is common.

Images for kids

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Bas-reliëfs op de Candi Induk Panataran tempelcomplex TMnr 60037389

    Two men (right) are lifting the gong depicted on the 13th-century temple reliefs at the Candi Induk, Panataran temple complex in East Java, Indonesia

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    A gong collection in a gamelan ensemble of instruments – Indonesian Embassy Canberra

  • Relief at Sukuh Temple, 2016-10-13 02

    A Gong depicted on the 15th-century temple reliefs at the Candi Sukuh in Central Java, Indonesia

  • Large gong at Ashikaga Banna-ji

    Large gong at Ashikaga Banna-ji

  • Agung (Philippine hanging gong)

    An agung, a type of Philippine hanging gong used as part of the Kulintang ensemble

  • HubbackSsGongSculpt

    Sculptural gong made by Steve Hubback

  • Javanese Gamelan Burning Gong

    Pande (Gamelan Maker) is burning Gong in Besalen in Central Java, Indonesia

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gong (gamelan instrument) Kempul TMnr 4423-2

    Gong ageng in Javanese Gamelan ensemble

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gong hangend aan een standaard onderdeel van gamelan Slendro TMnr 500-26a

    Indonesian Kempul gong.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Gong para niños

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