Definition
The Javanese gamelan ensemble: a tuned set of bronze percussion instruments, together with drum, bowed and plucked strings, and flute, treated as a single instrument owned and tuned as a whole.
Etymology & context
From gamel, "to strike", with the nominal suffix -an; literally the things that are struck.
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A complete gamelan Jawa carries instruments in both slendro and pelog.
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Reference
Demonstration record for the Brawijaya Corpora knowledge graph. The description is a working summary, not a verified scholarly entry.