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celempung

musical instrument

Also known as: siter

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Southeast Asian music

In Southeast Asian arts: Java
…xylophone (gambang), the zither (celempung) with 26 strings tuned in pairs, an end-blown flute (suling), and a 2-stringed lute (called a rebab by the Javanese), which leads the orchestra. In loud-sounding music, the soft-sounding instruments are not played, and the drum (kendang) leads the orchestra. The third group provides…
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stringed instruments

In stringed instrument: Ensembles
” A zither called the celempung or siter, which has 20 to 26 metal strings in double courses, may also be heard in gamelans.
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