Note 102 — Chapter VI · EAST JAVA

The gamelan, as already remarked, is the Javanese orchestra, and besides the gamelan salendro and the gamelan pelog, the gamelan miring should be mentioned, which varies from the former in the higher pitch of one of the five notes as produced by some of the instruments. The Kiahi Moonggang, a relic of mighty Mojopahit, the oldest, most sacred and least melodious of the royal sets of gamelan instruments, is played every Saturday evening and so long as its tones fill the air, all other gamelans must remain silent. Cf. Dr. J. Groneman, De Gamelan te Jogjakarta.