Portal:Indonesia/POTW/32, 2007



Saron is one musical instrument in the Indonesian musical ensemble of gamelan. Typically, saron consists of seven bronze bars placed on top of a resonating frame (rancak). Its dimension is about 20 cm (8 in) high, and is played on the floor by a seated performer. In the pelog scale, the bars often read 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 across, and for the slendro scale, the bars are 6-1-2-3-5-6-1. However the numbering can vary from gamelan to gamelan, or even among instruments in the same gamelan.

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