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(Redirected from Gong chimes) Set of small, high-pitched bossed pot gongs
Indonesian traditional musical instruments with gong chime.

A gong chime is a generic term for a set of small, high-pitched bossed pot gongs. The gongs are ordinarily placed in order of pitch, with the boss upward on cords held in a low wooden frame. The frames can be rectangular or circular (the latter are sometimes called "gong circles"), and may have one or two rows of gongs. They are played by one to four musicians, each using two padded sticks to strike them. They are an important instrument in many Southeast Asian musical ensembles, such as Indonesian gamelan, kulintang, or Thai pi phat. For this reason, such ensembles are sometimes called "gong chime ensembles" or "gong chime orchestras," and the broad variety of music "gong chime music."

Gong chimes typically are played either in a soloistic style, providing a virtuosic embellishing role, or providing a rhythmic role, for example, in a colotomic structure.

The term may also be used to refer to hand-held tuned gongs played in high rhythmic density, such as the older Indonesian-Balinese reyong, and gangsa, and also some ensembles of minorities within the mountainous interior of Vietnam.

List of gong chimes

Source: Sibyl Marcuse. Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1964: 213.
Indonesian gong chimesIndonesian gong chimesJava gong chimesGamelan degung, Musical Instruments Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaThai gong chimes, khong wong lekThai gong chimes khong wong lekThai gong chimes, khong wong yaiThai gong chimes, khong wong yai Thai or Cambodian gong chimes, kong mon or khong monCambodia (kong mon គងមន) and Thailand (khong mon ฆ้องมอญ), Museum of Musical Instruments in Phoenix, Arizona.Cambodian gong chimes kong von thomCambodian gong chimes kong von thomCambodian gong chimes kong tochCambodian gong chimes kong toch Gong Chimes and percussion, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaGong Chimes and percussion, Indonesia section at Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaJavanese or Indonesian gong chimes, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaJavanese or Indonesian bonang gong chimes (foreground)Philippines gong chimes, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaPhilippines kulintang gong chimes Stone-chimes and chime-bellsKorean Gong chimes, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaKorean pyeongyeong stone-chimes, a type of lithophone, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaKorean Bells, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaKorean pyeonjong chime-bells, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaChinese gong chimes, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaChinese bianqing stone chimes, a type of lithophone, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaChinese Bells, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaChinese bianzhong chime-bells, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaUsing stone or bells, these are set up in the same manner as gong chimes.

See also

References

  1. ^ Heins, Ernst (2001). "Gong-chime". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.‎
  2. Clark, Mitchell (2005). "Sounds of the Silk Road: Musical Instruments of Asia." Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Publications.
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