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The making of... Arsenal Gamelan

Arsenal's players have learned how to play a gamelan ahead of July's visit to Indonesia - and now you can see how they did it.

Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Gervinho and Nacho Monreal linked up with tutors John Pawson and Manuel Jimenez from the Southbank Gamelan Players to find out about the traditional musical ensemble.

Click here for the final cut - and watch our free behind-the-scenes video on this page.

The Gunners will visit Indonesia for the first leg of the Asia Tour 2013, returning to the country for the first time since 1983. The first team will play against the Indonesia national team on Sunday, July 14 at the 88,000-capacity Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. Arsène Wenger and his squad will then head to Vietnam and Japan.