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Gamelan vs Glockenspiel - What's the difference?

gamelan | glockenspiel |

As nouns the difference between gamelan and glockenspiel

is that gamelan is a genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a siuling) while glockenspiel is a musical instrument of the percussion family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.

gamelan

English

(wikipedia gamelan)

Noun

  • A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a siuling).
  • The name of the ensemble performing this style of music.

    • glockenspiel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a musical instrument of the percussion family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.