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Gamelan Jawa, or Javanese Gamelan (as it is known outside Indonesia) is a broad classification grouping together various Gamelan music genres native to Javanese culture. As it is a broad category it is hard to make generalizations about its common features. However, it can be said that what typically differentiates Gamelan Jawa from its Balinese and Sundanese counterparts is its unusually slow, "meditative" rhythm, greater variety of non-percussive timbres (sulings, rebabs, celempung, singers) as well as an emphasis on Gong Ageng, thought to be the "spiritual leader" of the ensemble.