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Gamelan Degung is a Sundanese musical ensemble that uses a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of pelog scale.

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The instrumentation of gamelan degung is quite flexible. It may include:

• Bonang/kolènang: two rows of seven small bulbous gongs. It differs from its Javanese counterpart in that the rows are each placed on either side of the player.
• Saron/peking: a high-pitched bronze metallophone with fourteen keys.
• Panerus: another bronze metallophone, similar to the peking but pitched an octave lower.
• Jengglong: six bulbous gongs suspended from the same frame.
• Goong ageung: a large gong.
• A set of kendang, consisting of one large and two small double-sided drums.
• Suling degung: a four-holed bamboo flute.
• Gambang: a wooden xylophone.

In classical degung, the bonang serves as a conductor for the whole ensemble. Except in certain modern compositions, it is rarely absent.