Similar ensembles are prevalent throughout Indonesia Singapore and Malaysia, however gamelan is originated from Java, Bali, and Lombok. The most popular and famous form of Indonesian music is probably gamelan, an ensemble of tuned percussion instruments that include metallophones, drums, gongs and spike fiddles along with bamboo flutes. Main article: Gamelan Javanese Gamelan in Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore Gamelan xylophone solo. They are an important instrument in many Indonesian musical ensembles, such as gamelan, kulintang, and talempong.
They are played by one to four musicians, each using two padded sticks to strike them. The frames can be rectangular or circular (the latter are sometimes called "gong circles"), and may have one or two rows of gongs. The gongs are ordinarily placed in order of pitch, with the boss upward on cords held in a low wooden frame. Indonesia is the home of gong chime, gong chime is a generic term for a set of small, high-pitched bossed pot gongs. Some of them developed elaborate and distinctive musical instruments, such as sasando string instrument of Rote island, angklung of Sundanese people, and the complex and sophisticated gamelan orchestra of Java and Bali.
Traditional musics of Indonesian tribes often uses percussion instruments, especially gongs and gendang ( drums). The musical identity of Indonesia as we know it today began as the Bronze Age culture migrated to the Indonesian archipelago in the 2nd-3rd century BC. Musical instruments Musicians performing musical ensemble, The 8th century bas-relief of Borobudur Temple, Central Java, Indonesia The influence is strongly visible in the popular traditional music genre of Dangdut. In general, traditional music and songs of Indonesia compromises a strong beat and harmony with strong influence from Indian,Java,Arabic,Chinese and Malay classical music. The contemporary music of Indonesia today is also popular amongst neighbouring countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. The music in Indonesia predates historical records, various Native Indonesian tribes often incorporate chants and songs accompanied with musical instruments in their rituals. The music of Java, Sumatra, Bali, Flores ( Lesser Sunda Islands) and other islands have been well documented and recorded,Īnd further research by Indonesian and international scholars is also ongoing. Contemporary music scene have also been heavily shaped by various foreign influences, such as America, Britain, Japan, Korea, and India. For example, each traditional music are often accompanied by their very own dance and theatre. Every region has its own culture and art, and as a result traditional music from area to area also uniquely differs from one another. As it is a country with many different tribes and ethnic groups, the music of Indonesia ( Indonesian: Musik Indonesia) itself is also very diverse, coming in hundreds of different forms and styles.
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