Gendang Karo

Gendang Karo or the drum dalinen five consists of five devices hit the drum a musical instrument (percussion) played by five musicians. The fifth device is one penaruné, two penggual, and two shy of the gong. Five drum ensemble music sedalanen called because it consists of five musical instruments, namely Sarune (aerofon), drum ovary (membranophone), drum children (mebranofon, corn, and penganak. But usually called a tambour five sedalanen, ranggutna sepulu two, namely the number twelve for the counting devices used in full, including sticks or other means of hitting the musical instruments.

If classified according to the musical ensemble, Gendang Karo actually consists of five drums and drum telu sedalanen sedalanen. Sedalanen telu drum is composed of three musical instruments being played simultaneously, which consists of kulcapi (Long Neck Lute) as bearers of melody, keteng-keteng (idiokordofon, tube-zhyter) as carrier rhythmic, and bowls mbentar (idiofon) as a carrier due .