Gamelan Xylophone 甘美朗銅片琴

 

Code : TT 19, TT 20

Introduction :

As the story went, the bronze-keyed xylophone, Saron developed from xylophone (gambang) and spelled gambang in the 9^th century. However, the ethnomusicologist Mantle Hood queried this statement. He thought there is no accurate evidence until now to prove this statement and the origin of saron may be earlier than gambang. Saron is the loud-style instrument. It is the xylophone with to 7 metal keys or the bronze metallophones resting over a resonator whose altitude is 20 cm. It is struck with one hammer-shaped beater made of wood.

Although similar in general appearance to the xylophone, the metallophone has bars made of metal instead of wood. Particularly important in the Far East, metallophones of different kinds and sizes form the largest section in the gamelan orchestras of Java and Bali.

簡介：

關於銅片琴 (saron) 的產生，被認為是在九世紀時作為木琴 (gambang) 的輪替樂器，並且從它演變而來；然而，民族音樂學者Mantle Hood質疑這種說法，認為目前尚無確切的證據證明這一說法，銅片琴的起源也可能比木琴來得更早。銅片琴為聲音清亮的樂器，主要是以六到七塊左右的金屬製木琴，或者銅製的金屬發聲樂器 (metallophones)，將它們放在一個高度為20厘米的共鳴箱內，然後用一個木製的錘形棒子來敲擊演奏。

雖然在整體外觀上類似木琴，金屬發聲樂器 (metallophone) 用金屬片代替木材製成琴鍵。它特別在遠東地區佔有重要的地位，不同種類和大小的金屬發聲樂器 (metallophones) 形成在爪哇及峇里島的甘美朗樂團最大的部分。

Size :
Gamelan Xylophone A (TT 19) : 41 x 11 x 12 cm
Gamelan Xylophone B (TT 20) : 28 x 9 x 10 cm

Made in Bali, Indonesia

Sound of Gamelan Xylophone A :
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Sound of Gamelan Xylophone B :
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