Gambang: ndi chiyani, kapangidwe ka zida, njira yosewera, kugwiritsa ntchito

Gambang ndi chida choimbira cha ku Indonesia. Mtundu - percussion idiophone. Mapangidwe ndi kalembedwe kasewero kamafanana ndi xylophone.

Zida zamatabwa zimapangidwa ndi matabwa, nthawi zambiri zitsulo. Chinthu chodziwika bwino cha thupi ndi mtengo wa teak. Mabalawa amayikidwa pamwamba pa mpumulo mu bokosi lamatabwa lomwe limagwira ntchito ya resonator. Chiwerengero cha makiyi a gambang pafupifupi 17-21 zidutswa. Makiyi ndi osavuta kuchotsa ndikusintha. Chomangacho chakhazikika.

Mtundu wosinthidwa wotchedwa gangsa ndi wocheperako. Chiwerengero cha zolemba za zigawenga zatsitsidwanso mpaka 15.

Kutulutsa mawu, ndodo kapena nyundo zazitali zazitali zimagwiritsidwa ntchito. Amapangidwa kuchokera ku nyanga ya njati ya ku Asia, yokutidwa ndi zomverera. Idiophone nthawi zambiri imaseweredwa mu ma octave ofanana. Masewero ena nthawi zina amagwiritsidwa ntchito, momwe phokoso la manotsi awiri limalekanitsidwa ndi makiyi awiri. Mosiyana ndi zida zina za Playlan, kukakamiza kowonjezera kofunikira sikofunikira, chifukwa nkhuni sizipanga kulira kowonjezera ngati chitsulo.

Mailofoni aku Indonesia amagwiritsidwa ntchito ku Playlan, gulu la oimba la Javanese. Maziko amapangidwa ndi oimba-oimba ng'oma. Ochita zingwe ndi mbali za mphepo amakhala ndi gawo laling'ono. Gambang amatenga gawo lalikulu pakuyimba kwa oimba.