Gender Wayang is a 10-key metallophone, coming in pairs, most be doubled from an other pair one octave higher, tuned in Slendro scale. As Gender Wayang is played with two panggul (mallets) - other than the Gangsa in Gong Kebyar - two player together play the melody (left hand) and the interlocking parts kotekan (right hand) as a complete mini Gamelan.
Gamelan Gender is intended as a practicing tool. Play the polos part, while Gamelan Gender plays the sangsih, loop parts to memorize, generate your own songs as midi file in a sequencing program, import it into Gamelan Gender. Its keys can be tuned, to match your real instruments - this is important, as every set of Gender Wayang has its own tuning.
Comes with 8 original songs (gending) and a Gender Wayang and a Gangsa Pelog tuning.
MIDI file player
Animated keys for traditional" learning
Sound bank sampled from real instruments
Keys assignable to midi notes (adjust to your MIDI file)
Tune it to your real instruments
Mathematical tuning system, only 5 keys have to be defined
Calculated tuning can be overwritten, and each of the 40 keys frequency can be defined
Loop parts for practicing, increase/decrease tempo on every re-loop
Set proportional tempo changes for different parts...
Change tuning to pelog scale and use it for Gong Kebyar practicing as well, create your own 10 key tunings....
