The goong is a large bossed
gong of the
Mnong people of central
Vietnam
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. This is to be distinguished from a goong lũ (cồng đá) which is a
lithophone
A lithophone is a musical instrument consisting of a rock or pieces of rock which are struck to produce musical notes. Notes may be sounded in combination (producing harmony) or in succession (melody). It is an idiophone comparable to instrumen ...
. The goong may be played in a set of 9 gongs from large to small.
[International archives of ethnography: Volumes 47-48 International Gesellschaft für Ethnographie - 1954 ".. un jeu de gongs composé d'un grand gong plat (chaar), de trois gongs renflés (goong) et de six gongs plats de taille (cnùg)."]
References
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Vietnamese musical instruments
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