Keroncong

Keroncong Keroncong is the name of a type of musical instrument ukulele as well as the name of the type of music that uses distinctive Indonesia keroncong musical instruments, flute, and a female singer. The Origins Keroncong come from similar roots music known as fado Portuguese introduced by sailors and merchant slave ship that nation since the 16th century to the archipelago. From mainland India (Goa) was first entered music in the Malacca and then played by the slaves of the Moluccas. The weakening influence of the Portuguese in the 17th...

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Dangdut

Dangdut Dangdut is one of a growing genre of art music in Indonesia. This musical form rooted in the Malay music in the 1940s. In the evolution to a contemporary form now makes the influence of Indian music elements (mainly from the use of tabla) and Arabic (the twisted and harmonization). Changes in Indonesia at the end of the political currents of the 1960s opened the entry of a strong influence of western music with the inclusion of the use of electric guitar and also a form of marketing. Since the 1970's dangdut be said to have been cooked...

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Rebab

Rebab   Rebab (Arabic ربابة الربابة or - "arc (instrument)"), also rebap, rabab, rebeb, rababah, or al-rababa) is a type of stringed instrument so named no later than the 8th century and spread through Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, Middle East, parts of Europe, and Far East. Some varieties often have a handle on the bottom that can fiddle resting on the ground, and so-called stalk fiddle in certain areas, but there are versions...

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Sasando

Sasando If the harp, piano, guitar and plastic into the most historic and significant findings in the music world, then sasando from Rote Island deserves more respect. Rote traditional musical community that has existed since many years ago and produce a sound combination of three instruments: harp, piano, guitar and plastic. Sasando not just harp, piano, or guitar but three instruments in one rhythm, melody, and bass. So although it is a...

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Suling and Seruling

Suling  The flute is a musical instrument of the family of wind instruments made of wood or bamboo. Characterized by soft flute sounds and can be combined with other musical instruments as well.  Modern flute to the experts generally made of silver, gold or a mixture of both. While the flute for students generally made of nickel-silver, or silver plated metal.Ditalakan standard concert flute in C and has a range of 3 octaves tone...

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Angklung

Angklung Angklung is a musical instrument multitonal (double pitched) is traditionally grown in the Sundanese-speaking community in the western part of Java Island. This musical instrument made ​​of bamboo, sounded shaken by the way (the sound caused by impact bodies of bamboo pipes) so as to produce a vibrating sound in the arrangement of tones 2, 3, and 4 tones in every size, both large and small. Angklung is listed as Masterpieces...

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Drum

DrumThe drum is a percussion instrument consisting of a stretched skin and beaten with a hand or a rod. Besides the skin, also used drums of other material, such as plastic. The drums are all over the world and has many types, such as drums, timpani, bodhran, Ashiko, snare drum, bass drum, tom-tom, drum, and others.    In pop music, rock, and jazz, drums are usually referring to the drum kit or drum set, the drum group...

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