Gamel

Japanese: gamel
Gamel

...Indonesian ensemble music and its instruments, mainly from Java and Bali. Gamelan is a form of the verb "gamel," meaning to "hit" or "manipulate," and the name is used because "that which is hit," i.e., percussion instruments, form the center of the ensemble. There are various types of gamelan depending on the size of the ensemble and the types of instruments that make up the ensemble, and the name of the main melodic instrument or a word that describes the characteristics of the music is added to the end of gamelan. For example, gamelan angklung (bamboo percussion instrument) and gamelan kebyar (meaning "flash of light")...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "gamel" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ジャワ島,バリ島を中心とするインドネシアの合奏音楽とその楽器群をいう。ガムランは〈たたく〉〈操る〉を意味する動詞ガムルgamelの名称形で,〈たたかれるもの〉すなわち打楽器が合奏の中心を成すことからこの名が使われる。編成の規模と構成楽器の種類によってさまざまなガムランがあり,中心となる旋律楽器の名称やその音楽の特徴を表す語をガムランの後に付加して呼称する。例えばガムラン・アンクルン(竹製打楽器),ガムラン・クビヤル(〈閃光〉の意)など。…

※「gamel」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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