Gong-chime of Bali and Lombok, comprising 4 to 12 small gongs and used for melodic figurations. In an archaic form of the gamelan angklung a pair of reyong is still used, each consisting of two small bossed gongs loosely attached to either end of a wooden bar that rests across the player’s lap. Thus four differently tuned small gongs are provided. This type of reyong is depicted on the 14th-century East Javanese Panataran Temple. More commonly, however, gongs are mounted horizontally in a frame. The contemporary gamelan angklung usually has a reyong of eight kettles, while the reyong of the gamelan gong gede has four to six kettles. The largest reyong (usually 12 kettles) is found in gamelan gong kebyar and is played by four musicians in an interlocking style. Kettles from reyong are used in the processional balaganjur ensemble, held individually and played in hocket (see also Indonesia, §II, 1(ii)(d).
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