Gamelan no longer in use, and the last orchestra is kept at the Sumenep palace. One important style of Sundanese gamelan is "Gamelan Degung", which uses a subset of gamelan instruments with a particular mode of "pelog" scale. Balinese gamelan is often associated with the virtuosity and rapid changes of tempo and dynamics of "Gamelan gong kebyar", its best-known style. Other popular Balinese styles include "Kecak", a theatrical dance and music form also known as the "monkey chant." Javanese gamelan, largely dominated by the courts of the 19th century central Javanese rulers, each with its own style, is known for a
Gamelan Gadhon (end-blown bamboo flute), and siter (plucked stringed instrument). Vocal parts called gerong (for male singers) or sindhen (for female singers) can be added in certain sections of pieces, as can alok, vocal cries that accent certain parts of the form or melody. Gamelan Gadhon A Gamelan Gadhon is an ensemble consisting of the "soft" instruments of the Javanese gamelan. This can include rebab, gendér, gendér panerus, voice, slenthem, suling, siter, gong, kempul, kenong and kendhang. The rebab, a two-stringed fiddle, is the melodic leader of the ensemble. The rebab player signals changes between sections of a piece, and to a