bedug
Sign in to savethumb|Model of a Sundanese people|Sundanese [[mosque with bedug hung horizontally at lower right, front part of the building. To its left a slit drum is hung vertically.]] The bedug is one of the drums used in the gamelan. It is also played in mosques in Indonesia and Malaysia to signal prayer times. The hitting of the instrument is particularly done according to a rhythm that goes in an increasingly rapid (or accelerando) pace.
Key facts
- Instrument.image
- Bedug at Istiqlal Mosque.jpg
- Instrument.caption
- A bedug in Istiqlal mosque, Jakarta.
- Instrument.background
- percussion
- Instrument.classification
- Membranophone
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 211.212.1
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Cylindrical drum
- Instrument.developed
- maritime Southeast Asia
- Instrument.names
- Beduk, Bedhug
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Usage
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Model of a Sundanese people|Sundanese [[mosque with bedug hung horizontally at lower right, front part of the building. To its left a slit drum is hung vertically.]] The bedug is one of the drums used in the gamelan. It is also played in mosques in Indonesia and Malaysia to signal prayer times. The hitting of the instrument is particularly done according to a rhythm that goes in an increasingly rapid (or accelerando) pace.
== Overview ==
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