Mas Midiyanto’s lecture on gendèr triggered Sumarsams memory about a manuscript he wrote decades ago, entitled “Learning to play gendèr.” After digging deep into his files, he found that manuscript. “How did I learn gendèr? How did my teachers use cèngkok (gendèr melodic patterns) to teach? What is the genesis of the names of cèngkok? How can a student become a good gendèr player?” These are among the questions Sumarsam had in mind when writing the manuscript. He is happy to share this “work-in-progress” with us.

This is a link to Sumarsams Gender manuscript:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HwCwPXCga0j7bzrYxFH4tSVvK7fJpBk4/view?usp=sharing