music of malaysia
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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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