MAPEH - MUSIC

Cambodian and Indonesian Music

 Cambodian Music
• Consists of polyphonic stratification andis based predominantly
on the pentatonic (five-tone) scale. It is built linearly, devoid of
harmony in the Western sense. [] Musicians in a music
ensemble have a collective melody in mind that no single
musician actually plays. Instruments were carved on the walls
of the Angkor Wat temple dating the ensemble to at least a
thousand years ago. [Both]Today, we are going to talk about the
three different types of Cambodian
 Pin Peat-
Used for ceremonial music at royal courts
It is one of the oldest Khmer music ensemble.
• The pin peat repertoire is also known as phleng skor (drum
music) or Phleng laim (dance music).
 This ensemble consists of the following
instruments:
sralai (quadruple-reed oboe),
roneatek (xylophone),
roneat dek (high-pitched metallophone),
kong tauch (high-pitched circular frame gongs),
kong thomm (low-pitched circular frame gongs),
chhing (small finger cymbals),
sampho (small double-headed barrel drum),
skor thomm (large double-headed barrel drums),
 Phleng Kar-
• A classical music genre of traditional songs that are performed
at wedding ceremonies.
• The instrumentation includes a vocalist who is accompanied by
7 instruments from the wind, string and percussive families.
• The music is said to bring prosperity and happiness to the
newly wedded couple.
 This ensemble contains the following
instruments:
• Trosao- A two-stringed, bowed, wooden fiddle
• Tro ou- A low-pitched, two stringed fiddle with coconut shell
resonator,
• Khimm- A hammered dulcimer with fourteen courses of triple
steel strings
• Takhe- A long, fretted, plucked zither,
• Skor Dei- A goblet-shaped drum with a single head made of
snake skin
 Mohaori
• A secular entertainment music .It’s characteristics is that it is
the musical ensemble which has a proper clear, fixed, and well-
organized for both the lyrics, music rhythm, and wording of the
sing which make the listeners feel comfortable, entertained, and
fresh
• The word Mohaori or Mahori is derived from the sanskrit word
“Manohari” for female and “Manohara” for male and came into
existence since before Angkorian period.
 The ideal instruments of Mohaori
includes:
Roneat ek (high-pitched xylophone),
Roneat thung (low-pitched xylophone),
Khloy (duct or fipple flute),
Tror che (high-pitched two stringed fiddle),
Tror so toch (medium-high-pitched two stringed fiddle),
Krapeu (three-stringed-zither),
Khim (hammered dulcimer),
• Chhing (small cymbals), and
 Indonesian music
• 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.
• 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.
 Gamelan-
• [Bascon]The most popular and famous form of Indonesian
music is Gamelan, an ensemble of tuned percussion instruments
that include metallophones ,drums ,gongs and spike fiddles
along with bamboo flutes.
The 5 beautiful forms of indonesian
music
• Tembang Sunda – also called seni mamaos cianjuran, is a style
of classical vocal music that originated in the Priangan highland
of western Java. Unlike Sundanese gamelan music, tembang
sunda was developed in the court of the regent Kabupaten
Cianjur during the Dutch colonial period (mid-nineteenth
century).
 Dangut-
Is a genre of Indonesian folk music that is partly derived and
fused from Hindustani, Arabic and to lesser extent, Malay and
local folk music.
• Dangdut is a most popular musical genre in Indonesia and a
very popular in other Malay World countries as well because of
its melodious instrumentation and vocals
 Keroncong-
• Keroncong- is the name of a ukulele-like instrument and an
Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the
kroncong.
• A kroncong orchestra or ensemble traditionally consists of a
flute, a violin, at least one, but usually a pair of kroncongs, a
cello in pizzicato style, string bass in pizzicato style, and a
vocalist.
 Qasida
• The qaṣīda is an ancient Arabic word and form of writing
poetry, often translated as ode, passed to other cultures after the
Arab Muslim expansion.
• The word qasidah is still used in its original birthplace, Arabia,
and in all Arab countries
 Campursari
In Indonesian refers to a crossover of several contemporary Indonesian
music genres, mainly Javanese Langgam Jawa and Dangdut.
• The word campursari was coined from the Javanese language, and
literally means “mixture of essences”. Campursari music is popular and
prevalent within the Javanese cultural sphere, especially Central Java,
Special Region of Yogyakarta and East Java; and also in some regions
where Javanese immigrants were abundant, such as parts of Greater
Jakarta, Lampung or even Suriname
 Essay question (10pts)

Do you think that learning about others cultural music Is good? If so then
why and how exactly do you do it?