What Are The Characteristics Of Javanese Gamelan?

What Are The Characteristics Of Javanese Gamelan? The Javanese gamelan is an orchestra of 60-plus musical instruments – bronze gongs and metallophones, drums, wooden flute and two-stringed fiddle – which together create a rich, distinctive sound. What are the characteristics of Javanese music? They are played two ways: according to a subtle, flowing, quiet manner