In one set of gamelan usually have 4 saron, and all have versions pelog and slendro. Saron produce a tone one octave higher than demung, with a smaller physical size. Tabuh saron usually made of wood, with a shape like a hammer.
There is the usual way menabuhnya appropriate tone, the tone returns, or beating alternately between saron saron 1 and 2. Fast slow and weak penabuhan hard depending on the command of the drum and the type gendhingnya. In gendhing Gangsaran describing the condition of war for example, ricik sounded loud and fast. In a nuanced gendhing military Gati, ricik sounded slow but hard. When accompanying the song sounded softly.
