Gender

instrument consists of laths metal menegangkan with string above roofs resonator.
gender this perfominged with tabuh globular (is surrounded cloth layer) with short stalk.
as according to song function, tone area, and the size, there two kinds gender:
- gender barung and
- gender panerus.

gender barung
gender king sized, beroktaf low until middle. one of the instrument beginning, gender barung perfoming pattern
song pattern intonation steady (cengkok) that can creat texture sonoritas thick and strengthen taste pathet gendhing.
several gendhing has opener that perfominged gender barung; gendhing this called gendhing gender.
in the theatre of leather puppet, player gender has principal character must perfoming the instrument only just pemah stop during all night long in game gendhing, sulu, and grimingan.

gender panerus
gender measure little, beroktaf middle until tall. although noodle instrument there shouldn't be no in ensemble, texture wealth increase the presence gamelan.
gender this perfoming the song in steady knock song pattern and hurry.