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The Gender is an Indonesian instrument, similar to a xylophone, but with a row of tuned bronze bars. It is one of the main instruments that decorate the tune in the Indonesian orchestra known as the gamelan. Playing the gender involves holding a mallet in each hand to strike the bars, and then stopping the sound by pressing the little finger, or the heel of the hand, on the bars.

Family
Percussions
Pitch range
Two-and-a-half to three octaves.
Material
A wooden frame, with bronze bars suspended by cords over tubular resonators of metal or bamboo.
Size
Three sizes : this example, the smallest, is about 35 in (89 cm) long and 17 in (43 cm) wide.
Origins
The gender is one of the key instruments in the gamelan, an Indonesian orchestra thought to date back as many as 1,300 years.
Classification
Idiophone: an instrument that produces its sound through the use of the material from which it is made, without needing strings or a stretched skin.
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