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Ugal

Ugal


(Balinese)

In Bali, metallophone with suspended keys, each key having a bamboo tube resonator. It is played with a single hammer. In a gong kebyar it has usually 10 keys and its pitch range lies one octave below that of the gangsa pamadé.

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  • Range of the ugal in the gamelan Tarangga Kañcana.
  • Photograph of an ugal behind a gangsa pamadé.

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Other romanizations

oegal (Dutch spelling)


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