Klarinet Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 1995/08

From: "R. J. Shilcock" <mlfl@-----.UK>
Subj: Re: Gender tendencies for instruments
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 04:09:14 -0400

Doug C.
I don't think "gender wayang" means an instrument. It may be a type of ensemble
or a method of playing. Genders come in three types, it seems: gender penarus,
gender barung, and slentem. (LOts of even more boring Javanese-type information
now available from this source, i.e., me ...). They have metal bars with
resonators, as compared with the saron, which has metal bars domed in the
middle, and no resonators. The gender bars are so resonant that they need
damping as part of normal playing technique.
Roger Shilcock