To the person who asked "What exactly is a gamelan?"-
It's a xylophone type instrument originating in Indonesia/Pacific Rim
islands. They are tuned in a very general sort of way. Like "This one is
close to 'A' so it goes here." So every instrument is like a grossly out of
tune piano but when you have a gamelan orchestra of 15 players, it can have
a very warbly hypnotic sound. Most of us who were brought up listening to
western/European music at first fint it quite caucaphonous. An aquired taste
you might say.
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