Explain why gamelan instruments cannot be used interchangeably between other gamelans, but at the same time all good bronze gamelan instruments are carefully kept in proper tuning
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• Gamelan instruments are not tuned to a fixed, standard pitch as in the Western music-culture where the A above middle C is taken to be at exactly 440 cycles per second. Rather, the tuning of the instruments in each gamelan is unique; instruments are very carefully tuned for the particular ensemble in which they are being used. Bronze gamelan instruments may require periodic tuning which, in turn, requires a long process of hammering, filing, and intuitive experimentation by experts.
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