Gamelan their inclusion of a double-reed wind ("selompret", "slompret", or "sompret") in addition to variable drum and gong components, with some also including the shaken bamboo "angklung". In Indonesia, gamelan often accompanies dance, "wayang" puppet performances, or rituals and ceremonies. Typically players in the gamelan will be familiar with dance moves and poetry, while dancers are able to play in the ensemble. In "wayang", the "dalang" (puppeteer) must have a thorough knowledge of gamelan, as he gives the cues for the music. Gamelan can be performed by itself – in ""klenengan"" style, or for radio broadcasts – and concerts presentation are
Gamelan Surakarta although the pattern it plays for the balungan is often the same, in the Yogyanese style it is rhythmically shifted earlier, creating a different emphasis in relation to the balungan. Gamelan Surakarta A typical large, double gamelan in contemporary Solo (Surakarta) will include, in the sléndro set, one saron panerus (or saron peking), two saron barung, one or two saron demung, one gendér panerus, one gender barung, one slenthem (or "gender panembung"), one bonang panerus and one bonang barung (each with twelve gongs), one gambang kayu, one siter or celempung, one rebab, one suling, one pair of kethuk and kempyang,