MUSIC OF

SOUTHEAST ASIA
MUSIC OF INDONESIA
Indonesia

17,508 islands

Indus – Latin – “India”

Nesos – Greek – “island”
• Hundred of distinct native and linguistic groups
• 300 ethnic group

• Indonesian Tribes- incorporate chants and songs

accompanied with native musical instruments in their rituals.

• Music genres
• Gambus and qasidah – Middle Eastern Islamic music
• Keroncong – Portuguese
• Dangdut with Hindu music influence as well as Malay orchestra
Tuning system in traditional
Indonesian music:

One of the two essential scales used in gamelan. Indian Kings of the Sailendra dynasty
Javanese pelog – Fine or Beautiful It is a pentatonic scale and older that the pelog scale
Indonesian music