Saron Barung

There are two types of Saron Barung: Pelog Barung and Slendro Barung.   These two types of Barung are of different tuning system.  This picture shows a Slendro Barung.  Pelog Barung looks similar to this.  Play the music example of  Pelog Barung and the music example of   Slendro Barung, you will hear the differences between these two Barung.

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