Istilah “niyaga” sakawit ateges “panggamel”, wong sing nabuh gamelan. Tembung “niyaga” utawa “nyaga”, tegese “panuntut laku”, “panganjur” (L. Mardiwasita), “sing main gamelan” (Prof.Dr. P.J. Zoetmulder). Tembung “niyaga” saiki owah dadi tembung “wiyaga”, sing tegese “panabuh gamelan”