0 a musical instrument from Indonesia, with several metal pots placed on strings over a wooden frame --
Both "bonang" and "saron" patterns generally are made of scalar passages that end on the "seleh" at the end of the "gatra".
Each is tuned to a specific pitch in the appropriate scale; thus there are different bonang for pelog and slendro.
Often the individual pots can be removed from the frame and played individually as bonang in beleganjur.
However, unlike the other sarons, the center of its keys have a boss similar to that of a bonang.
In classical degung, the bonang serves as a conductor for the whole ensemble.
The front section of the orchestra is diverse, and includes rebab, suling, siter, bonang and gambang.
It thus is similar to the bonang, kempyang and ketuk, which are also cradled gongs.
Buka are often played by the bonang barung in the so-called loud style.
