Metallophone vs Gamelan - What's the difference?
metallophone | gamelan |
Any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound.
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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.
As nouns the difference between metallophone and gamelan
is that metallophone is any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound while gamelan is a genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a siuling).metallophone
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