A gong chime is a generic term for a set of small, high-pitched bossed pot gongs. The gongs are ordinarily placed in order of pitch, with the boss upward on cords held in a low wooden frame. The frames can be rectangular or circular (the latter are sometimes called "gong circles"), and may have one or two rows of gongs. They are played by one to four musicians, each using two padded sticks to strike them. They are an important instrument in a large number of Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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n musical ensembles, such as Indonesian gamelan

Gamelan

A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included....

, Philippine kulintang

Kulintang

Kulintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally-laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums...

, or Thai pi phat. For this reason, such ensembles are sometimes called "gong chime ensembles" or "gong chime orchestras," and the broad variety of music "gong chime music."

Gong chimes typically are played either in a soloistic style, providing a virtuosic embellishing role, or providing a rhythmic role, for example, in a colotomic structure.

The term may also be used to refer to hand-held tuned gongs played in high rhythmic density, such as the older Balinese reyong

Reyong

thumb|250px|The reongThe reyong is a musical instrument used in Balinese gamelan. It consists of a long row of metal gongs suspended on a frame. In gamelan gong kebyar, it is played by four players at once, each with two mallets....

, the Philippine gangsa, and some ensembles of minorities within the mountainous interior of Vietnam

Vietnam

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List of gong chimes

Source: Sibyl Marcuse. Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1964: 213.

• Babarangan (Bali, Indonesia)
• Bonang
  Bonang
  The bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan. It is a collection of small gongs placed horizontally onto strings in a wooden frame , either one or two rows wide. All of the kettles have a central boss, but around it the lower-pitched ones have a flattened head, while the higher...
  
   (Java, Indonesia)
• Cai thieu cañ (Vietnam)
• Cang-chen (Tibet)
• Degung (West Java, Indonesia)
• Gong hui (Thailand)
• Jengglong (West Java, Indonesia)
• Khong mon
  Khong mon
  The khong mon is a gong-circle instrument that is associated with the Mon people of mainland Southeast Asia. It produces the same range of pitches as the more common khong wong gong circle, but rather than resting on the ground, the wooden frame of the khong mon extends into the air in the shape...
  
   (Mon of Burma and Thailand)
• Khong ñai (Laos)
• Khong noï (Laos)
• Khong wong lek
  Khong wong lek
  The khong wong lek is a gong circle used in Thai classical music. It has 18 tuned bossed gongs, and is smaller and higher in pitch than the khong wong yai...
  
   (Thailand)
• Khong wong yai
  Khong wong yai
  The khong wong yai is a circle with gongs used in the music of Thailand. It has 16 tuned bossed gongs in a rattan frame and is played with two beaters.The player sits in the middle of the circle. It is used in the piphat ensemble to provide the skeletal melody the other instruments of the...
  
   (Thailand)
• Kong thom (Cambodia)
• Kong toch (Cambodia)
• Gangsa
  Gangsa
  A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used mainly in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music. In Balinese gong kebyar styles, there are two types of gangsa typically used: the smaller, higher pitched kantilan and the larger pemade. Each instrument consists of several tuned metal bars each placed...
  
   (Luzon
  Luzon
  Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...
  
  , Philippines
  Philippines
  The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
  
  )
• Kolintang (Sulawesi, Indonesia)
• Kulintang
  Kulintang
  Kulintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally-laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums...
  
   (Philippines
  Philippines
  The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
  
  )
• Kromo (Sea Dayak people
  Dayak people
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   of Borneo)
• Kye vaing (Burma)
• Maung saing (Burma)
• Mong (Shan State)
• Reyong
  Reyong
  thumb|250px|The reongThe reyong is a musical instrument used in Balinese gamelan. It consists of a long row of metal gongs suspended on a frame. In gamelan gong kebyar, it is played by four players at once, each with two mallets....
  
   (Bali)
• Talempong
  Talempong
  A talempong a small kettle gong which gives its name to an ensemble of four or five talempong as well as other gongs and drums. The term can refer to the instrument, the ensemble, or the genre of music....
  
   (Minangkabau of Sumatra, Indonesia)
• Tatabuan (Moluccas, Indonesia)
• Yunluo
  Yunluo
  The yunluo is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It was also called yún'áo in ancient times....
  
  (China)