Kotekan is a style of playing fast interlocking parts in most varieties of
Balinese Gamelan music, including
Gamelan gong kebyar,
Gamelan angklung,
Gamelan jegog and others. In
kotekan there are two independent parts called
polos and
, each of which fills in the gaps of the other to form a complete
rhythmic texture. In Gamelan gong kebyar, Kotekan is usually played on the higher-pitched
gangsa and
reyong as embellishment to the main melody (
pokok) played on the
calung and
ugal.