- It consists of a set of tuned bamboo bars suspended by string over a bamboo resonating chamber, which is placed atop a larger bamboo rod which is also used to carry it.
- The traditional Balinese gamelan gong kebyar usually includes two different sized gabbang: a smaller, higher-pitched one and a larger, lower-pitched one.
- The gabbang is played with wooden mallet, one in each hand, and is one of the most highly virtuosic instruments in the Balinese gamelan.