Gamelan Bali
Gamelan has been synonymous with Javanese culture. However, on the Island of Gods, Bali, it turns out this musical instrument is also a part of the typical arts of the island is famous for its beauty.
Gamelan or in Bali known as gambelan commonly used in the events of customary ritual procession such as the death ceremony that we are familiar with the tradition Ngaben. While for yadnya human ceremony used gender and for the ceremony at the temple is usually used gong gede.
Viewed from the side of the development of the era, Balinese gamelan can be divided into 3 types namely, gamelan wayah, this type of old gamelan is estimated to have existed before the XV century. This gamelan is generally dominated by tools in the form of keys and do not use kendang musical instruments.
The second type is the middle gamelan. This gamalan comes from around the XVI-XIX century. In this era of barungan gamelan have been using drums and instruments bermoncol (berpencon). In this barungan, kendang has started to play a part in a show
Last is the new gamelan. This gamelan belongs to a new type of group, which includes the types of barungan gamelan that emerged in the XX century. Barungan gamelan is visible on one of the most prominent features of the kendang performance.