This paper examines the physical structure of gender wayang instruments, the nature of the ensemble, and the processes involved in learning gender wayang music. A personal viewpoint of learning gender wayang by the traditional Balinese rote method is explored and comments are made on the mental tussles involved, the visual interaction between players, the physical memory when hands keep playing even though concentration is lost, and the long term memory which develops with the rote learning method.
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