This studio provides a unique opportunity for urbanites to connect with and master the intricate rhythms and harmonies of these age-old instruments. Gangsapura Gamelan Studio founder Teuku Umar ...

Read more at http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2008/12/music-of-the-tropics-balinese-drum-troupe-performs-at-the-sackler/ Bells and gongs are the sounds ...

He is one of the only teachers that knows the traditional Balinese gamelan Semar Pegulingan repertoire that is played on Nusantara Arts instruments and is very talented at the Barong Dance.

Gamelan sets are a collection of mainly metallic instruments. In Central Java, these instruments are tuned to slendro and pelog, scales which are centuries old. "Slendro and pelog do not map onto ...