A Brief History of Gongs

Gong is one of the oldest musical instruments in the world. Archaeologists have discovered gong built nearly four thousand years. No wonder when we hear a gong we feel that we played in our souls. The first written mention of Gong in China was in the 6th century. In these ancient Chinese documents state that other culture in Central Asia was presented to them. Although not sure of the culture that created the time, it is safe to say that the sound resonated with the Chinese and the fact that their own Gong. The Chinese gong used for many ceremonial functions. They were beaten to announce the emperor or other political and religious future. Military leaders are also used to gather people together to fight gong. The gong music and then emigrated from China to Java - the term is in fact Javanese gong home - and was established in Indonesia by 9 century. Javanese had its day in a new way that is very different from the large flat Chinese gong, using deep into the tires with a bullet put in the middle. Indonesia has also developed a game with much of their time at a time, a percussion orchestra known as a gamelan. In gamelan, the weather is usually different sizes, each adapted to a different tone specific. Gong slowly market from Asia to Africa? - You do not have the Internet and fly at a speed where things - and finally arrived in Europe in the eighteenth century. The style that Europeans saw and heard the great Chinese Gong tone indefinite have probably seen on the back of orchestras. Although it is now part of the percussion section of the west orchestras, the first symphony that includes a Mirabeau, written by French composer Francois Gossec in 1791. Debussy was the first major composer to incorporate the sounds of their symphony orchestras. Andrew Bora Kove media is an amateur writer and a gong. It is also the owner of Gong Unlimited, the only store devoted exclusively to time. http://www.gongs-unlimited.com http://www.gongs-unlimited.com