music of malaysia

REGIONAL

PRESENTATION:

malaysia

GLOMUS, Kuching, Sarawak

15 January 2015

Southeast Asia

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Malaysia

• Geographically, Malaysia is divided into two sections:

i. Peninsular Malaysia

ii. East Malaysia (an island province located on the northern coast of Borneo)

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MALAYSIA

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MUSIC OF MALAYSIA

• Malaysian music reflects the specific

ethnic groups of multiracial Malaysian

society consisting of the indigenous

people, Malay, Chinese, Indian, Sabah,

Sarawak, Eurasians and other groups.

influences

• Animism

• Religious movements

• Social, economic, political factors

• Middle and Near East, South Asia, East Asia and within Southeast Asia

• Traditional Malay music and performing arts appear to have originated in the Kelantan-Pattani region with influences from India, China, Thailand and Indonesia.

Some characteristics of the

music

• Scales – five, six or seven pitches with

a focus on 5 of the pitches.

• Non-harmonic with a horizontal

organization (traditional music)

• Polyphonic music/heterophonic texture

Some characteristics of the

music

• Gong unit/colotomic

• Interlocking style drumming

• Improvisatory/ornamented melodies

• Beating of bronze gongs

function

• Fulfill a variety of contexts and

functions.

• Accompaniment for various forms of

dance, theatre (sung, shadow puppet

or marionette), martial arts, religious

ceremonies, ceremonial music,

weddings or entertainment.

instruments

• Typically made of metal (bronze or iron),

bamboo, or wood and comprise percussion,

wind and string instruments.

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Some Examples of

Membranophones…

Kompang

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Gendang

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Rebana

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Kertuk

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Some Examples of

Aerophones…

Seruling

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Sompoton

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Serunai

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Some Examples of

Chordophones…

Rebab

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Gambus

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Sape

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Some Examples of

Idiophones…

Gong

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Caklempong

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Angklung

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Types of Music

1. Classical Music

2. Folk Music

3. Syncretic Music

4. Popular and Contemporary

Music

Classical music

• Associated with the urban areas or with royal courts and palaces.

• Examples of Malay classical music include Joget Gamelan and Nobat (a court music genre played to accompany religious and royal ceremonies).

FOLK MUSIC

• Folk songs and music are a product of

the common man.

• Oral tradition (rote learning)

• Music for theatre, dance music, percussion ensembles, vocal and solo instrumental music and social popular music.

FOLK MUSIC

Examples

• Kompang

• Wayang Kulit: Shadow puppet

• Tarik Selampit: A form of storytelling

• Sompoton (Sabah)

• Sape (Sarawak)

• Makyung: Dance drama

SYNCRETIC MUSIC

• Combines elements of folk and classical music of a given culture group with outside elements.

• In Malaysia, some aspects of folk and classical music have combined with Arabic, Persian, Indian, Chinese and Western musical elements.

• This kind of music exists in the form of vocal, dance, and theatrical music.

• Local elements from both folk and classical traditions are combined with foreign elements from Arab, Persian, Indian, Chinese, and Western musical and theatrical sources.

SYNCRETIC MUSIC

Examples

• Keroncong (Originated from Betawi/Jakarta with Portuguese influence)

• Joget: Dance form with Portuguese roots)

• Asli - Malay, Chinese, Middle Eastern and Western musical characteristics.

SYNCRETIC MUSIC

• Zapin: Dance form

• Ghazal

• Dikir Barat: Singing of 4 line poem,

between solo singer (Tok Juara) and

chorus (Awok-awok)

TERIMA KASIH (THANK YOU)

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