Bedug
A bedug in Istiqlal mosque, Jakarta. | |
| Percussion instrument | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Beduk, Bedhug |
| Classification | Membranophone |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 211.212.1 (Cylindrical drum) |
| Developed | maritime Southeast Asia |
The bedug is one of the drums used in the gamelan. It is also played in mosques in Indonesia and Malaysia to signal prayer times. The hitting of the instrument is particularly done according to a rhythm that goes in an increasingly rapid (or accelerando) pace.