The kulintang consists of a horizontal rack of these instruments. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these instruments. Many varieties of these instruments with bossed knobs at their center play the main melody in kulintang music as well as a related musical genre from which it imported the slendro scale.
ANSWER: gongs [prompt on percussion or metallophones]
[10m] This action nicknames a set of suspended gongs called the gandingan, which provides secondary melodies in kulintang ensembles. West African djembe players are said to make their instruments do this action.
ANSWER: talking [accept talking drum or speaking drum or drum language]
[10e] The slendro scale in kulintang and gamelan music has this many notes, as does the Japanese yo scale. Playing only the black keys on a piano yields a scale with this many notes, which is two fewer notes than the number of [emphasize] distinct pitches in a Western major scale.
ANSWER: five [accept pentatonic scale]
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