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(Javanese, Balinese : situated at the middle, intermediate)
In Balinese gamelan, indicates a pitch range of intermediate level.
Gangsa pamadé (Balinese)
In Bali, metallophone with suspended keys, each key having a bamboo tube resonator. It comprises 4 to 15 keys. Its relative pitch lies one octave below that of the gangsa kantilan. In a gong kebyar, it has usually 10 keys, is played with a single hammer and its pitch range is one octave above that of the ugal.
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- Range of the gangsa pamadé in the gamelan Tarangga Kańcana.
- Photograph of a gangsa pamadé between ugal and gangsa kantilan.
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Etymology
pa + madé = pamadé.
The Nusantarian prefix pa- precedes the term madé that is of Sanskrit origin. The Sanskrit madhya, meaning middle, medium has led to madya and madé in Javanese.
Other romanizations
Pamade (without accent), pemade.
